Writing Prompt
Do you think people deserve second chances?
A loud, definite, resounding YES.
If not - *shakes head*.....
I'd be dead. God allowed me to go through some stuff, but He never let me get out of control enough to deprive myself of life.
God led me through it, whether I knew it or not. And He has given me SO much more than I deserve. I cringe, and several emotions play, thinking of everything. Greatfulness. A certain kind of shame. Because I *know* I don't deserve it. It's almost painful, the shame and gratitude and a love all mixed together. I could cry just from the overwhelming impact of it all.
We're all 'entitled' to life, in a way. We come to think of it as a right that's just kind of there.
"You're alive!"
"Uhm, no duh?"
But for mine I've realized just how much I'm greatful for it. THANK YOU, God, for giving me two lives.
What I would've been missing...!!
I don't know if anybody will really understand this post besides myself.
But....-smiles-....even if you don't....just take it as a reminder to be overflowing with a feeling of being blessed - "just" for living.
Look at a tree and see the bark, the leaves, the veins. The colors. The strength.
It's not just a tree anymore.
Life is so much more than we give it credit for.