Living a Life of Purpose: Two Kinds of People

Living a Life of Purpose

Living a Life of Purpose: Two Kinds of People

by Mack Ames 1/26/22

Everyone has dreams of how they want their lives to play out. Everyone hopes for the best possible outcome.
Not everyone has the same definition for the ‘best possible outcome’
but we all want it, whatever it is.
We all want life ‘to go our way.’
We all want hope.
When life falls apart, as it always does, we become one kind of person or a second. We Regret
or
We Repent.
When we think we can control anything in our lives,
we scheme, we plan, we devise
we work, we strive, we strategize.
When our plans come to naught
and our thoughts become distraught
If we resort only to regret
Then despair is all we’ll get.
But when we know that we aren’t sovereign
that our lives are in the Lord’s hands,
we can do our best to live right,
and when we fail, mistake, or sin,
we can turn and repent again,
knowing God’s promises are True:
Forgiveness is ours through Christ the Jew
that obeyed the Father through and through.
Died, buried, rose, ascended,
Holy Spirit then extended
to help believers know the Lord
and to repent and be reborn.
A Regret Example is Judas Iscariot.
He betrayed Jesus and then he was sorry,
but he never repented.
And so, when he died, he died in his sin.
He was buried, disgraced, forever condemned.
A Repent Example is Simon, called Peter,
who denied the Lord when Christ was arrested.
Three times he said “No” when asked if he knew Him,
and wept with great sorrow to see Jesus beaten.
But when Christ arose from the dead the third day,
Peter repented and turned back
to his Savior. He prayed
and asked God’s forgiveness, which we know
God grants freely ’cause of Christ’s love
shown here below.
Which life will you lead, person reading this ode?
Regret that springs from despair and frustration?
Or
Repent, live in God, which gives you salvation?