My car needed a new rear window wiper. When I looked in the mirror I saw a stray strip of rubber swinging back and forth. Sometimes life works because just then an auto parts store came into view. It gets even better. After I purchased the new blade the man behind the counter said, “Just a minute. I’ll put it on for you.” He went out in the cold while I waited in his warm store. Sometimes life really works.
For all the complaints I have about getting old there are some pluses. People look at me and think I need help. That’s great. At the college where I teach students are continually holding doors open for me. Add that to the senior discounts I get and the check I get every month from Uncle Sam I have to say, “Sometimes Life Works.”
Now it keeps getting better. Jesus has forgiven all my sins. I almost wrote “all my mistakes.” But that wouldn’t be right. All sins are mistakes but not all mistakes are sins. In John 5 Jesus tells us we get to bypass judgment. He treats us as if we had never sinned. Sometimes eternal life works. What is so wonderful about this is unlike the Olympics where there are only three winners. Everyone who accepts God’s gift is a winner. But wait, it gets better, there are no silver and bronze winners. Everyone wins gold. The promises are real. All the time eternal life works!
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 13, 2014
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