The God Of The Second Chance.

  Every now and then I get a little discouraged. There are so many things in my life particularly in the area of my life as a Christian,  I just wish I could do over. I know all to well however that most of the time you only get one chance to do the right thing and there are some mistakes you make in your Christian,  life that once you have made them all you can do is ask God,  to forgive you accept the consequences of your actions and try to learn from your mistakes and use the lessons you learn from your bad mistakes to become a better person and a stronger Christian. If you are a  person who sometimes has  trials and temptations and at times find your self in a weak moment giving in to a weakness or some sort of temptation I have good news for you if you are a Christian,  left up your head and take heart because our God,  is a God,  of forgiveness and our God is the God of the second chance. There is a reason I John chapter one verse nine is in the Bible. God,  knows as Christians, we are still trapped in a  weak body of flesh and although  Christians,  do have the Holy Spirit  and can choose not to sin there are still those times when Christians will fail and when that happens I am so grateful for first John chapter one verse nine it simply says," If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." God,  knows that Christians,  are not perfect just forgiven and although no Christian,  should seek to live in a pattern of continual deliberate sin God,  knew that there would be those times when even the best Christians,  would fail and that is why as a Christian,God,  is indeed,  the God,  of the second chance.
  Can a Christian, who in a moment of weakness gave in to a temptation of some kind and failed in their Christian life then had to ask forgiveness from God,  can a person like that ever really rise again and be used of God,  in a mighty way? The answer is, yes. Peter, was one of the twelve disciples. Here is a man who walked on the water with Jesus,  and the Holy Spirit had reveled to Peter,  who Jesus,  truly was the Son of  God., and yet, when Jesus,  was arrested in the garden the night before his crucifixion Peter denied  knowing Jesus,  three times  he did this so strongly the Bible,  says,  he was cursing by the third time he denied Jesus and then Peter,  heard the crow of the rooster and remembered how Jesus,  said he would deny him  three times before the the rooster crowed and the scripture says, Peter,  went out and wept bitterly. The story however doesn't end there. When Jesus, had risen from the dead he met with Peter and  Jesus for gave Peters moment of human weakness and just forty days or so later after Jesus,  had ascended  up to Heaven, Peter was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit,  of God,  and preached the word s of Jesus with such boldness and zeal that the Bible,  says,  that three thousand souls were added to the Church,   in one day! You see,  my fellow at times discouraged Christians, God truly is the God,  of the second chance and he is always willing to forgive us and give us a second chance to do great things through the power of his might and all we have do is ask God,  to forgive us and give us another chance and the good news is,  he always will. as always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just, some words, to think on.