Where you are
You think you’re beyond redemption.
Plenty of people in Scripture thought the same. Let’s introduce you to two of them.
Paul
You think you’ve gone too far. That the things you’ve done — or the person you’ve been — have put you somewhere grace doesn’t reach. Meet Paul. Before he wrote half the New Testament, he was hunting Christians from city to city. Not metaphorically. He held the coats of the men who stoned Stephen to death. He hunted families. He was the last person anyone would have picked for redemption — including himself. And then God picked him anyway. Not despite his past, but with full knowledge of it. Paul spent the rest of his life saying: I am proof that no one is too far gone. If that’s where you are right now — too far gone — this story is for you.
The Prodigal Son
Maybe you left. Maybe you burned bridges, chased things that didn’t deliver, and ended up somewhere you never imagined — broke, alone, too ashamed to call home. The Prodigal Son did all of that. He took everything his father had to give, wasted it, and hit a bottom so low he was jealous of pigs. And when he finally turned around and started the long walk home — not even sure he deserved to be called a son anymore — his father was already running toward him. Not to scold him. Not to say I told you so. Running. With open arms. That’s the picture. Not a God who waits for you to clean yourself up first. A Father who runs toward you while you’re still a long way off.
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