Restoration

Sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him/her gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Galatians 6:1

God knows us. He knows us because He made us - we are His creation. He knows our weaknesses. He knows our failings. Do you catch God’s heart for us in Galatians 6:1? If God inspires Paul to warn us to restore gently, and that we should be careful ourselves because we can be prone to temptation, how much more then, is God gracious and compassionate toward us and gently restoring us to Himself and His ways?

One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 103. I have memorized it so I can have it in my mind speaking to me about who God is and what His heart towards me is as His child. As you meditate on Psalm 103 below, I pray that your heart may be full of thankfulness today for the great LOVE God has for you and for the great things he does and has done for you.

Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits –
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

He made known his ways to Moses,
His deeds to the people of Israel:
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
BUT from everlasting to everlasting
the LORD’S love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children –
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.

The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.

Praise the LORD, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
Praise the LORD, all his works (that would include us!)
everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.