Good Evening:)

Hi again:) I feel like it's been so long since I've posted something NOT related to books. Well, actually, I haven't posted anything besides book-related things since October/Novemberish. It's kind of funny, though, because when I first started, I imagined putting a new, cool post/story thing on here every week. That didn't work out very well, however:) Sometimes we get off track, we lose our plan, and fall off the wagon (I know I do A LOT!) With a lot of people, that's where it stops. If we've failed, we've failed completely. There's no use going on. But that isn't true- that's definately not what God wants for us. If David had just stopped living life after his affair with Bathsheba and the killing of Uzziah, he would not be called a man after God's heart. What set David apart was that he realized that he messed up, and pleaded with God to forgive him. And once he knew that God had forgiven him, he did what was right by Bathsheba and their children. And after, he didn't continue to beat himself over the head for what he had done wrong. When the Bible says
"As far as the east is from the west,
   so far has he removed our transgressions from us", that's what the Bible means. God has let it go, and it is gone. Don't get me wrong, God is NOT okay with our sin, but He loves us enough to give a way to forgiveness. That's why God sent Jesus to die- so that when our messes happen- big or small- we'd have a way back home to Him. No need for guilt, just grace. No need for shame, just salvation. No need for judgment. Just Jesus.