I have wonderful children who have done and accomplished many amazing things, and sometimes, not so noteworthy things. Whenever they do something which I am proud of, I say to my husband, “𝑴𝒚 daughter did this,” but when it is something not so good, I’ll tell my husband, “𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 daughter did this!” Do you do that too? My children can go from being mine, to being his, in just a day!
In Deuteronomy 9:12 it is interesting to see the Great I Am doing the same thing! “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚, ‘𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚, 𝙜𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙡𝙮.’” Because of their great sin the Israelites were M̲o̲s̲e̲s̲’̲ ̲p̲e̲o̲p̲l̲e̲ – not God’s chosen people.
I have to say I read this with a smile, sometimes I do the same thing as the God of the Universe! I smiled even more when I realized that just like God I never give up on my children. They may fail or fall but like our Loving Father I’ll pick them up, dust them off, and set them back on their journey. In the same way your Heavenly Father will never give up on you! How do I know that? Take a look a few chapters on in Deuteronomy 26:18, “𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.”
The very same people who had wallowed in their sin, just a few chapters back, were proclaimed God’s special people. They belonged to God, just as you do. Mercy extended, forgiveness given, and grace abounding. There are also another 34 chapters in the Old Testament alone telling the story of God’s chosen ones!
The story of your journey with God will also extend for many, many chapters. The story of the incredible God who never, ever gives up on His child and who always extends grace, mercy, and forgiveness to you!💕
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