A couple of weeks ago our church made this wonderful banner for Kathy and I
What a great group of friends we have at Church of the Open Door.
This morning I came upon a wonderful passage of scripture in Isaiah, Chapter 55 Verses 6 - 7. Seek the Lord while he may be found; Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
So I was thinking about these verses when I read Colossians 1: 12 - 14 ... giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Isaiah tells us to turn away from darkness and call on the Lord for our salvation and then we see the fulfillment of that idea in Paul's writing about the Son providing redemption and forgiveness. What a wonderful gift God's mercy is.
