Jenny and Tom * were neighbors of ours. After we moved, we soon found out they had separated. What seemed like a happy family, was turned upside down by sin. We were saddened to hear this and lifted them up in prayer. Seeing them occasionally, independent of each other, we were a listening ear. Fast forward to this morning, 5 years later. On our walk, we took a route we don’t normally take and we ran into Jenny and Tom, walking together. A divine appointment. We exchanged pleasantries and as our walk resumed, we praised God for allowing us to see this healed relationship.
Romans 5:6 “When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.”
Thank you for the cross. For through Jesus, we can have reconciliation with God. Romans 4: 24b-25 “assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.” And in the love of Christ, though the leading of the Holy Spirit, we can reconcile with one another.
Romans 5:10-11 “For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.”
* not their real names