Good morning and and happy Tuesday. You've heard the adage about its not how you start the race but how you finish. That can can only come from a God of mercy. And no one has any excuse for not getting in the race to begin with. Deep inside I guess some people feel they've fallen too far to be loved and that even if someone did, God wouldn't. It's funny how we can find all the reasons in the world not to follow after Jesus but don't have many for doing it. Christians can sometimes be the meanest people, and most not intentionally, but mean none the less. It's no wonder more and more are turning away from Christianity and to the world instead. The world takes them in no matter where they've been. Well so does God you might say, but we're the ones they see in front of them. We're the front lines. We're Jesus to many for the first time ever. Welcome them into the race, even if it's the last lap and you've ran a million miles and their gonna go 400 meters. Love them has if they've been with you the whole time. Jesus gave a parable about this a long time ago about the workers in the field. The ones who worked at the last of the harvest received the same amount of pay as the first. Nothing has changed over all this time. We have to make the decision to act with love and not human feelings. Unless we've got those feelings in line with God's. Put off the world and love and welcome others to the race. They may be the one that helps get you to finish line. In love always. <><