Growth Second Chances

[Sandy Zalecki]

"And we have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him." Colossians 3:10

For almost 100 years a huge piece of flawed Carrara marble lay in the courtyard of a cathedral in Florence, Italy. Then, in 1501, a young sculptor was asked to do something with it. He measured the block and noted its imperfections.

For three years, he chiseled and shaped the marble skillfully. Finally, when the 18-foot towering figure of David was unveiled, his student exclaimed to Michelangelo, "Master, it lacks only one thing--speech."

The discarded marble actually got a second chance and became one of the most famous statues of the centuries. There are many examples in the Bible of people that the Lord gave second chances to. One of them was Onesimus. He was a slave to Philemon. Onesimus ran away and also stole from Philemon. Paul was responsible for Onesimus' conversion. He wrote a letter to Philemon asking him to forgive and welcome Onesimus back as a brother of Christ.

How good are you when it comes to forgiving those who have sinned against you? Maybe they haven't really sinned against you but they are outcasts in society and considered less than human to a massive number of people in society.

Are we to treat them the same way we the world would treat them or are we to welcome them back, forgive them, and treat them as a Christian brother? Just like the flawed piece of marble, many people have flaws and backgrounds that we don't like, but we need to learn to welcome them back and forgive them.View attachment 4334

 

[for_his_glory]

Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mar 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Mar 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

This of Genesis and that of Christ death and resurrection is what gives us all a second chance as God could have just said OK Noah, just you and your family will be with me forever. Gods will is love and we had better be walking in that same love no matter who the person is that we are to be loving.

 

[Deborah13]

"And we have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him." Colossians 3:10

For almost 100 years a huge piece of flawed Carrara marble lay in the courtyard of a cathedral in Florence, Italy. Then, in 1501, a young sculptor was asked to do something with it. He measured the block and noted its imperfections.

For three years, he chiseled and shaped the marble skillfully. Finally, when the 18-foot towering figure of David was unveiled, his student exclaimed to Michelangelo, "Master, it lacks only one thing--speech."

The discarded marble actually got a second chance and became one of the most famous statues of the centuries. There are many examples in the Bible of people that the Lord gave second chances to. One of them was Onesimus. He was a slave to Philemon. Onesimus ran away and also stole from Philemon. Paul was responsible for Onesimus' conversion. He wrote a letter to Philemon asking him to forgive and welcome Onesimus back as a brother of Christ.

How good are you when it comes to forgiving those who have sinned against you? Maybe they haven't really sinned against you but they are outcasts in society and considered less than human to a massive number of people in society.

Are we to treat them the same way we the world would treat them or are we to welcome them back, forgive them, and treat them as a Christian brother? Just like the flawed piece of marble, many people have flaws and backgrounds that we don't like, but we need to learn to welcome them back and forgive them.View attachment 4334

 

[iLOVE]

The Lord will plant the righteous among the wicked to learn to love what you don't like.

 

[Sandy Zalecki]

Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mar 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Mar 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

This of Genesis and that of Christ death and resurrection is what gives us all a second chance as God could have just said OK Noah, just you and your family will be with me forever. Gods will is love and we had better be walking in that same love no matter who the person is that we are to be loving.

Amen