The Game is Never Over When You Are Playing With the God of Another Chance

Imagine yourself competing in a Championship baseball game. It is the final game of the play-offs, and your team is behind by one run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The fans cheer excitedly while you step into the batter’s box. With all of the determination and purpose you can muster, you concentrate on the pitcher and what kind of pitch he is throwing.

Suddenly, you see his arm in motion, and in an instant you swing the bat, you feel the contact, and you know that you might have the distance. But as you make your turn at first base, you see the outfielder leap to the top of the fence and make an unbelievable catch, and your heart sinks and you realize that you have lost forever the chance to score and win the championship.

The cheers quiet down to a rumble, and the crowd files out of the stadium. You wish you could turn back the clock so you could have another chance to score and change the outcome! But of course that’s impossible. So with an aching feeling inside, you take a deep breath and come to grips with reality: You have been defeated.

Sometimes making a mistake in life feels so final, and you too feel as if you have been defeated. Especially when you make a serious mistake. You think, “I’ve missed it, and I won’t ever have any more chances to succeed. It’s all over for me.”

But the “game of life” is not like a game in which you only have one chance to win before it’s over. No, when you make a mistake in life, with God, you get another chance!

It is so great to live life knowing that you are never defeated. Even if you fall, there is someone there to pick you up. He is The God of Another Chance.

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