I was thinking about the Bible and all the mistakes the people who really loved God made in there. And I wonder about His purpose for including all those mistakes in the Bible. Last week I would have said, "so we can learn from their mistakes." But honestly, how many people have been stopped from an act of adultery because they suddenly think, "You know, this didn't go well for King David, it probably isn't a good idea?" I think the general gist, especially in light of my own recent conversations with the Lord is, "My love for you is one step beyond your sins, your mistakes, your failures." And some of the sinners/heroes in the Bible believed that, got up and kept going.
But there are others like Jonah. At the end of his book we find him having a pity party beneath a shriveled up bush and he is telling God he is so mad at God he could die. The story ends there which is really sad because I think Jonah's life ended there.
Maybe if our school history books were more honest about the weaknesses and struggles of our land's historical men and women we would have more kids daring to make mistakes as they grow and becoming heroes. Who knows?
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