One more Second Chance
Posted: Saturday, June 19, 2010
by Kathleen Williams
Lion of Judah Ministries
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My oldest son, John, wrote a song a few years ago called "One More Second Chance" and those words have been on my mind for weeks now. Maybe it is because I listen to that song ten or twenty times a day but whatever the reason is, those words have been on my mind. I am sure there is a good reason why I have been thinking about second chances.
One of my favorite scriptures is Ps. 103:17, But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him and His righteousness to children's children. From everlasting to everlasting is a long time. As the children of God we have that mercy that is from everlasting to everlasting but only if we "fear" Him like His word says. There are many scriptures that refer to God's mercy.
Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. God is good and there is plenty of His mercy for those who call upon Him. He is ready to forgive if we are ready to repent and ask Him for forgiveness. But pride gets in the way most of the time, and pride does come before the fall, we all need to recognize pride when it shows up and not let it take hold of us.
Psalms 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. God's mercy has been great toward me and my family. His mercy has delivered us from hell. I stand on God's word because I know that He will keep His word and I will see to it that I keep His word and that I keep my word to serve Him.
Psalms 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. I don't know about your prayers but I know that God hears my prayers. He said that He doesn't hear the prayers of the wicked but He hears every prayer of the righteous. The answer to my prayers might not be what I may have been expecting but I pray always for God's will to be done and I know that it will be, what ever His will is for the situation at that particular time.
Psalms 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I "am" like a green olive tree in the house of God. I will continue to grow and produce good fruit and I will continue to trust in His mercy for ever and ever. I know that His mercy will remain for me and for those who truly serve Him but for those who only give lip service to Him, those who don't really serve Him, His mercy will not last for ever. God is also a God of wrath and chastisement.
Psalms 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. Yes Lord, let your mercy be upon us according to our trust in you. Let us always trust in you Lord, in your mercy, and fear you as we should fear our God. You're the one that makes everything new and preserves our life and gives us your great mercy every day.
I am sure that eventually those many chances that cats seem to have run out and when they are gone from here they don't get to come back. One thing that I know for sure is that when we are gone from here we are going to live forever, somewhere, if we choose to serve God that place will be with Him and then eventually we "will" get to come back.
"You're the only one with power to make everything new; you give me one more second chance". [Quote from the song.One More Second Chance] Thank God for those second chances!
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)Thank you Fran. We have all had many second chances but I think that as we grow we don't make as many mistakes as we once did....that is my goal......less mistakes.....becoming more like Christ.
Great article. I'm not a cat person either. One thing about their nine lives though. Maybe they keep coming back because they think they might get it right the next time.Kinda how us humans would probably be, don't ya think?All the best - Maxi
Thanks Maxi, I don't know about getting to come back to get it right, we really only get once chance at salvation but if we could do it that way we probably would choose to do that.
Very interesting article Kathleen. It's a good thing God has given me more than one chance or I would have been doomed. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Maybe cats aren't either. Maxi is right the more Christ like we become the less mistakes we make, but we must remember we will never achieve perfection here on earth. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks for reading and leaving a comment Linda.
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