[The Matt]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I believe that the blade of grass doesn't bend with the wind unless God wills it. When I fall I most certainly know that there is a lesson and a plan behind it. I've experienced it many times. I'll fall hard...I repent...I realize that the fall put me on a better track after my repentance than I was on before the fall. In fact, even if one never sees "the plan", God's gets the glory every time we repent and turn ourselves back towards home. Satan never got that kind of grace. The fact that such a holy God would be so patient, loving, kind, and understanding baffles the imagination of angels. Sometimes I feel if an angel were God, he'd have already snuffed us all out. But God...desiring to see us saved more than we do (for He knows far more than we of what awaits the sinner) is gracious, slow to anger, and quick to forgive. None has loved me as He does. I fall helplessly at His feet knowing that the very breath from this creature's fallen lungs is offensive to His holy nature. Ah... but I rest knowing that His love is greater, and mercy triumphs over judgment.

Thank you for that.