So many times in my life, I've been given an opportunity for a 'Second Chance.' Like I said last week, there are many times I NEED a second chance so that I can actually get something right.
Today, I want to focus on the person who gives the second chance. The person who gives someone else a second chance (and maybe even a third) is a great person. We need more people like this! I want to be a person like this!
What's inside this person? What makes them tick? And how do I become the person who gives others a second chance?
I think that kind of person knows how to forgive. To forgive someone doesn't mean that you don't feel any hurt any longer. To forgive someone means that you will not hurt them back even though they hurt you.
I think the person who gives second chances knows something about grace. To extend someone grace is to give them something that they don't deserve ... something that they haven't earned. It's a gift, pure and simple.
That's what a second chance is - it's a gift. Something you don't earn. Something you don't deserve. Given to you by someone who has made a commitment not to hurt you, but to help you.
Yeah, that's the kind of person I want to be. I want to be the kind of person who gives second chances ... the kind of person who forgives and extends grace.
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