“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:17 (NIV)
Now is the time for redemption and reconciliation. The time of judgment is yet to come, but it is not for now. Christ came not to condemn the world but to save it. We are to be Christ-like in our efforts, not condemning the world but seeking instead to connect it to the Father through love. We are not the instruments by which it can or will be saved, but we are the instruments called to be the guides and compasses by which the world sees that salvation at work and seeks to find it. We fail miserably every day and send seeking hearts in wrong directions with our thoughtless deeds; but there is hope, for His mercies are new every morning. So rise up this day and let yourself be reset to point to True North once again. Judgment will come, but not today. Today there is love.
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