Nehemiah 9:26-31

Nehemiah 9:26-31
English Standard Version (ESV)

  There's a pattern that emerges here pretty quickly.  The people turn from God.  The people's lives fall into disarray.  The people realize their sin and turn back to God, and God receives them with open arms.
  Over and over this happens, and somehow, God never gives up.  God never gives them their last chance.  Now, some of the consequences of their sin is pretty dire, but God is always willing to forgive, willing to take the people back, willing to do anything to rebuild the relationship, to redeem his beloved people from the hands of sin.  God's love triumphs over all obstacles.
  As you go out today, know that the love of God is with you, reaching out, ready to forgive, ready to enclose, ready to redeem and embrace.  God loves you, and nothing will ever break that love.