It is possible in the course of our Christian walk
to take our eyes off the Lord and stray.
And it's possible to sin in a way we wouldn't
have dreamed
then become a prodigal with a high price to pay.
But like the Father he is...God keeps calling our name
like the lost
sheep on a faraway hill.
And we can repent & come running back to Him
to His presence and His perfect will.
As painful as it
is to realize the sheer truth
that we turned away from the God of our salvation,
We must take His forgiveness...just like the day we
were saved
and let God heal us with true restoration.
As important as it is to receive God's forgiveness
we must forgive our own
selves for our sin.
For we'll never move forward without self-forgiveness
and God's best work will never begin.
Like the Father
He is to the children of grace
He's the one who can make all things new.
And He's the Father who will use even our backslidden chapter
for
His glory in the things that we do.
There are spiritual lessons we can learn in the process
when He heals us from what we have
done.
For we learn true humility and are far less judgmental
and more grateful for the gift of His Son.
Later on, when we're healed
we rejoice in His mercy
and hold precious memories we will never forget,
Of the Father who ran to meet us with a robe of forgiveness
and
held us close through our tears of regret.
© Sheila Gosney
“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great
way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have
sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring
out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it,
and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. LUKE
15:20-24 NKJV
For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“ I dwell in the high and holy place,
With
him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah
57:15 NKJV
