The Gift of a Second Chance

Here I am.  I made it to Saturday.  Again.  Life lately has felt so monotonous.  And tiring.  


Anyways... This week I failed in many ways.  This was made even more clear to me when I was reading my Bible this morning and came across this verse:


"Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul." - Joshua 22:5


As I compared my actions this week to this verse I felt pretty lame.


This week, I didn't love Jesus with every piece of my heart. 


This week, I failed at keeping his commandment to love others.


This week, I clung to this world when I was afraid or hurt instead of clinging to him.


This week, I walked away from his ways by saying things that shouldn't have been said.


This week, I let what I "felt" take over instead of remembering that my soul belongs to Christ.


This week, I served myself and my emotions instead of serving the One who died for me.


2,000 years ago, a Savior died so that this week would be redeemed by his grace.


He is a God of second chances.  Isn't that a beautiful thing?  And his grace, his glorious grace, is greater than any sin I could ever commit.  


Today I will rest in that grace and give thanks that his mercies are new every morning.