Use Me? But I’ve Sinned

My wife and I know a woman who, when she was a young widow, had an affair.� She became pregnant and had a little boy. Ashamed and guilty, she stopped going to church and moved to a large city in another state.� One day, this repentant woman began attending church again.� Every week, she sat in the back pew and wept.

Several elders noticed. Finding out what she had done, they told her: “You are obviously repentant.� God has forgiven you.� You don�t have to feel guilty.� Let us restore you into the fellowship of the church because you�re forgiven!”� As a restored Christian, this woman began being used by God to lead scores of individuals to Jesus Christ.� The impact of her life was remarkable!

Have you wandered from the Lord? Don�t give up on yourself and on God. Psalm 25 asks, “Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? [The Lord] will instruct him in the way chosen for him.” When we humbly recognize our failures and truly repent, God continues to use us. Count on it!