God lives and works today.
This joyful reality need not only be experienced
by those who are successful in life, whose
good character traits seem to open every door.
No, God wants to demonstrate His power in
the lives of the weak, the helpless, and
the sinners, and He will do so if
we only turn back to Him.
Listen to today's meditation by Basilia Schlink called,
Repentance, the way to happiness.
Kingdom of heaven is truly at hand, Where
sinners for their sins to repent, Jesus, O
joy eternal.
Heaven may be entered, thou here on earth,
Penitent sinners given to birth, Jesus, O joy
eternal.
Repentance and contrition are what makes a person
truly happy.
That is what the prodigal son experienced as
Jesus tells us in Luke chapter 15.
When the prodigal son turned home to his
father, full of repentance, the father welcomed him
with hugs and kisses and put a gold
ring on his finger.
He was given a beautiful wedding garment, as
it was the custom in those days for
all important celebrations.
You will be treated the same way if
you run ever anew to the arms of
the heavenly Father with repentance over your sins.
When I was very young in the Lord,
I didn't know so much about the joy
of repentance.
One day, however, a saying of the famous
Swiss evangelist Hauser, who lived around 1900, made
a deep impression on me.
In one of his books, he wrote, Every
sin and every failure drives us into the
arms of Jesus.
I didn't have to be told twice, but
thought immediately, Wonderful, that means I don't have
to remain in sadness and despair over my
sins and guilt.
Rather, I can run immediately with all of
my guilt to the arms of Jesus.
When we are enfolded by Jesus' arms, we
are truly flooded with His grace.
And then the sins which we are sorry
about will be forgiven and transformed.
Through Jesus' grace, we will be recreated and
made beautiful.
Repent daily, and you will daily taste the
kingdom of heaven.
The arms of Jesus are open to embrace
the repentant sinner.
Repent abundantly, and you will have abundant access
to the kingdom of heaven.
Repentance is the entrance, or God's mercy brings
them in.
To us, O poor God's slave, she belongs
a heavenly land.
For God Himself so rich will give His
blessings in our hand.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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