Have you ever heard a story where someone is making choices so poor that you cannot imagine how they got themselves into that situation? Then have you ever woken up one day realizing you are a mirror image of that person/situation? I've been reading through the book of Judges lately. Judges tells the story of the Israelites turning away from God to follow another person. They get farther and farther away from the Lord until they are hopeless, scared, and beg God to return and show mercy. God, being the powerful and gracious God that He is, returns. Life is good. A little bit later, the Israelites fall into the exact same trap of sin and distance from God until they reach a breaking point-and eventually return to Him. Each time they leave, they come back and realize how much they need the Lord in their lives. Reading Judges seems silly because they leave something so good, sweet, and real for something that is continuously not working, and it is ...
Amanda Arnold