Oh why does GOD put up with us?
Why didn't HE give up in the Garden with HIS first two "kids"?
HE gave them everything that HE created and said that "IT IS GOOD".
A PERFECT LIFE,
but not PERFECT enough
because it could be better
because is PERFECT ever enough?
Well, in the GARDEN it was PERFECT ENOUGH
until it could be BETTER
with only one little bite of an apple~
the bite that changed the world.
I wonder if GOD scratched HIS head wondering
"What did I do wrong? I gave them everything. I loved them.
I created them. I can't believe I messed up".
Hmm.
If a PERFECT GOD'S CREATIONS
made a choice outside of GOD'S WILL
is GOD at fault?
Oh how GOD gets the bad wrap
when things don't go exactly as we plan.
Oh how GOD gets the bad wrap
when bad seeps into good.
Oh how GOD gets the bad wrap
when anything goes wrong,
because didn't HE create the
people, places, & things that do wrong?
Oh the PATIENCE of GOD
who is beyond GRACIOUS
as HE gifts all HIS CREATIONS
with
FREE WILL
yet HE doesn't leave us hanging wondering
which direction we should go.
Adam & Eve~
the first PRODIGALS
because of FREE WILL.
But GOD loves the PRODIGAL
because HE loves HIS CREATIONS
so much so
that HE does not anyone to perish.
So HE nipped it in the bud
at the moment of the crime
promising
NEW LIFE
A NEW BEGINNING
A DO~OVER
for all who have taken a bite
or who are taking a bite at this very moment
playing with life as a PRODIGAL.
Because
JESUS
who is always
so GRACIOUS
that HE took the bites of life of all
and wore them on a cross~
"Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them)
and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives GOD wills for us,
GOD did it for us.
Out of sheer generosity HE put us in right standing with HIMSELF.
HE got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where HE always wanted us to be.
And HE did it by means of JESUS CHRIST" (Romans 3:23-24 MSG)
Oh a FREE WILL INVITATION for all the PRODIGALS~
"If you declare with your mouth, 'JESUS is LORD,' and believe in your heart that GOD raised HIM from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9)
Oh Adam & Eve
do you ever wish you never took that one bite, making you
the first PRODIGALS set apart from GOD?
But GOD didn't stop there
and will never stop
as HE calls the PRODIGAL HOME
just waiting to
wrap HIS LOVING arms around everyone who feel so set apart
because
THE GOD WHO MATTERS SAYS YOU MATTER AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
Oh Welcome Home
because
GOD
"STILL CALLS ME SON (DAUGHTER)" (listen to the song below)
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