“I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” -Jesus (Luke 15:10)
Do you feel lost? Do you feel far from God? Is there anything in your life that is bounding your heart and suffocating your soul? Jesus says to come to Him–rest your burdens, your sin, your guilt on Him. Repent and sin no more. Confess with your mouth that He is Lord. Be baptized so that Jesus’s blood can wash away each of those sins and rise with a new life in Christ, clean and free, a Child of God. Your Heavenly Father will throw a celebration in heaven for you and say, “For this my child was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ (Matthew 11:28-30; Luke 13:5; John 3:5; Matthew 28:18-20; Romans 6:3-4; John 8:36; 1 John 3:9; Hebrews 10:22; Luke 15:24)
For those of us who are are already in Christ, let us not remain bound by anger and resentment when our spouse, children, or friends wrong us. Forgive them, give it to God, and let it go. Let us be quicker to celebrate when they ask for forgiveness than we are to point out their faults. Let us celebrate with God each time someone repents and turns to him. For now they too get to share in all of God’s rich blessings. Stay Free! (Matthew 6:14; Luke 15:11-32, Galatians 5:1)