And many there began to believe in him.

Lord, You always catch me when I fall

John 10:31-42
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.  Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father.  For which of these are you trying to stone me?"  The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.  You, a man, are making yourself God."  Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, 'You are gods?'"  If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'  If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."  Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.

He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.  Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true."

And many there began to believe in him.

And many there began to believe in him.

Lord,

I a finally getting that it doesn’t matter why I believe or what made me believe, only that I do believe.  I have been so caught up in being perfect, having perfect love and faith, that I missed the point.  Lord, you don’t care how I got here, just that I got here.  That is the purpose of the miracles and prophecies, to bring people to faith.

I have to quit comparing myself to saints.  That always brings me down.  It is amazing how the evil one can take beauty and turn it into misery.  But it is also amazing how you can take that misery  and make it even better than before.  Now that misery is used to bring me closer to you and to my ultimate goal.  That alone is proof that you are God!

You took me, a mess, a broken mess through a rocky road with many, many falls, some from cliffs and some into pits, but you have also rescued me from all those falls and made those falls opportunities for me to become a better person, closer to the person you desire I become.

I know I will not be perfect until I am with you in heaven.

Help me accept, acknowledge and be at peace with that fact.  You have brought me so far, Lord and I know you’ll be with me until my end and beyond.