Drive my thought bubble into the waterfalls of His forgiveness

Drive my thought bubble into the waterfalls of His forgiveness
Current mood: blessed

Crawl inside my little thought bubble and imagine this: Your driving along in your little black car, and you stop at a red light. Being in a rather scary part of the city, you shiver uneasily and wait impatiently for the light to turn green. You hear shouts and almost jump out of your socks when you see a man beating another man near the street. The attacker -after horribly abusing the innocent man and stealing his wallet- leaves the innocent man and proceeds to make his escape. As he's crossing the street, a truck with failing breaks comes swerving directly towards him. To your utter astonishment and confusion, the innocent man comes bolting to push the attacker to safety while taking the other mans death. "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrate his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."~Romans 5:6-8....! ok, so as you most obviously have guessed by now, this parable represents God's gift to us, the gift of Forgiveness-Salvation-Eternal Life. And the crazy part that just doesn't seem understandable is that it's not because of anything we've done to deserve this, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." ~Ephesians 2:8-9... It's not because we're awesome, it's because HE is awesome, it's not because we loved Him, it's because HE loves us. It's a gift, a token of undying love and affection, something He gives freely to all who believe! So by now, being the intelligent person you are, you must have realized that the "attacker" guy, in the story, symbolizes us. And yes, of course I don't think you go around mugging people, or abusing them like that, but stay with me I promise I have a point ;) We were dead in our sins, in bondage to them, a slave to sin-yuck! But, because God has this amazing undying love for us, far and beyond anything our little minds can imagine, He sent His only Son, to be abused, mocked, and finally killed in a most heart-wrenching, painful manner. And all so that we, who were destined for that fate, could be set free from that bondage of sin, and live eternally with Him in paradise. We are submerged in the waterfalls of His forgiveness and grace. His love is rushing over us! vwowowowowowowwwwww so yeah, being raise a Christian my whole life, I've had those Bible stories told me so many times, and sometimes I does seem a little repetitive, and even taken for granted. But thinking about it, like really digging deep and thinking about it, it's so crazy amazing! Like seriously, mind blowing.. Thank you God, for loving me unconditionally, for sending Jesus to die in my place, for forgiving me and giving me a fresh start through the death of your Son. The death that was intended for me. I am so grateful. Help me to keep this in perspective, and to strive always to live whole-heartedly for you. Amen!