March 14th, 2022

Few things in life are more painful than a broken relationship. If you have lived for any length of time, I need say nothing more. It is a universal pain. An inevitable consequence of our fallen condition. Yet, by the same token, there is nothing that can compare with the gift of forgiveness! It restores that which was lost. It heals that which was wounded unto death. It is an act of God breathing the breath of life into that which was dead. It is the kiss of God that make all things new!

“We had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”

— Luke 15:32 (NIV 1984)

Thank You Lord for forgiving our relational failures and for restoring those we love. Amen.