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I was talking to a friend of mine last last, and we got talking about the Old Testament for some odd reason. We were pointing out how the children of Israel were always:

• Stumbling
• Falling
• Failing
• Backstabbing God right to His face
• Turning to idols
• Building themselves some idols
• Talking trash about their leaders
• Talking trash about God
• Rebelling
• And the list goes on and on and on.

You know, if you look at all those thing, and that was just to name the very least, it really is no different then what the world is doing today. So many people are saying, “Oh my, the world is so going to hell”, and so many people are commenting about how bad our world has gotten. Take a closer look at the sins, the attitudes and actions that the Israelites dealt with, it is very simular to what we are dealling with today.

What makes it worst is that these people saw God’s hand at work.

• They saw the Egyptian army get annihilated right before their eyes
• They saw the red sea crack open and were able to walk on dry ground
• They saw Moses whack a rock and water randomly came out of it
• They were miraculously fed in the desert every day
• and they STILL complained and rebelled.

It’s not like they never saw God at work, they did first hand, but they still chose to go their own way and God STILL forgave them. If God forgave them while they were still under law, He can certainly forgive you, that are under GRACE!

There is hope for you and I. No matter how bad we fall and fail, we can get back up, repent and run towards Him. He will always accept you the way you are!