There is a term used in golf called a mulligan. The best way I can describe this is a “do over”! That’s why I believe Jesus likes the game of golf! You see when you’re playing golf with your friends, there are times when you have a terrible shot and they either tell you to take a “Mulligan” or you ask them to allow you to take a “Mulligan”.
In our human walk, isn’t it nice to know that Jesus grants us many, many “Mulligans”? And to top it off, many of the times he grants us one, we REALLY, REALLY don’t deserve a do over!
It is such a comfort and relief to know that my belief that Jesus died for all of my sins and all of my mess ups, that I am forgiven if I believe in him through the power of his blood sacrifice for me!
“Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. Everyone who believes in him is declared right with God—something the law of Moses could never do. Acts 13:38-39
Also, lets look at John 8:1-11,
Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.
As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.
They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.
Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
“No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
Here we find Jesus with a woman who had sinned terribly, but yet Jesus in his great mercy has forgiven her. He gave her a do over – “Neither do I (condemn her) go and sin no more”
That is truly amazing and truly inspiring. I am so undeserving of His grace but He loves me that much, that I too, can have a “Mulligan” to try again tomorrow
Friends, we all try hard to do what is right and good, but as humans we all mess up, we all make mistakes and we all fall short before God. The great thing is that thru Jesus Christ, and what he did for us on that day, we are forgiven, if we believe. We are forgiven by Gods grace and mercy and given the chance to have a Mulligan, a “do over”.
I have one more request, if you are a reader of this blog and have not given yourself to Christ, I encourage you to really pray on this and take that step. It will profoundly change your life, that I promise you, because I can tell you He has changed mine and it is fantastic!
If you ever need someone to talk to about your faith or have any questions, please feel free to contact me, my email for this site is thecatholicdropout@comcast.net
May His grace and mercy be over you in this next week and always.
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