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…it’s never too late!

What would appear a barren wasteland of hopelessness looks like an oasis of paradise with the right persepective. It looks like…
…OPPORTUNITY!

With perspective like this how could we ever give up hope? How could we ever say it’s too late for;

a father in jail
a daughter who is pregnant
a friend that is addicted
a brother who is diseased
a sister who is dying(dead)
a son guilty of a crime
a husband who is violent
a stranger with a gun

We see nothing but dry bones stretching as far as we can see. Nothing but death and hopeless situations full of hopeless people.

What does God see?

He sees potential—He sees an opprtunity for us to obey and practice our faith. To proclaim the power of a healing God. He sees flesh on the dry bones and the breath of life in the flesh. He sees a chance for us to partake in His favorite pastime—bringing life where there is death.

Hope many hopeless situations do you have in your life right now? I have one less today as I saw God do the impossible. One from the list above. God is still in the business of bringing life to the hopeless/helpless! Praise him!

Breath of Life
^1-2 God grabbed me. God’s Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of an open plain strewn with bones. He led me around and among them—a lot of bones! There were bones all over the plain—dry bones, bleached by the sun.
³ He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Master God, only you know that.”
⁴ He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones: ‘Dry bones, listen to the Message of God!’”
^5-6 God, the Master, told the dry bones, “Watch this: I’m bringing the breath of life to you and you’ll come to life. I’ll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You’ll come alive and you’ll realize that I am God!”
^7-8 I prophesied just as I’d been commanded. As I prophesied, there was a sound and, oh, rustling! The bones moved and came together, bone to bone. I kept watching. Sinews formed, then muscles on the bones, then skin stretched over them. But they had no breath in them.
⁹ He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the breath, ‘God, the Master, says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain bodies. Breathe life!’”
¹⁰ So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them and they came alive! They stood up on their feet, a huge army.
¹¹ Then God said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they’re saying: ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there’s nothing left of us.’
^12-14 “Therefore, prophesy. Tell them, ‘God, the Master, says: I’ll dig up your graves and bring you out alive—O my people! Then I’ll take you straight to the land of Israel. When I dig up graves and bring you out as my people, you’ll realize that I am God. I’ll breathe my life into you and you’ll live. Then I’ll lead you straight back to your land and you’ll realize that I am God. I’ve said it and I’ll do it. God’s Decree.’”
Ezekiel 37:1-14