He Did it for You

My mom is flying to Alabama today to meet up with my grandmother. My grandmother is giving us her purple PT Cruiser, which she wants to be mine but will actually be the family's. I can get my permit on June 26, my birthday, so it'll be a ways off before I'm driving it anyways.
I'm almost fifteen; growing up. Ask my mom, ask my dad, you could even ask a friend from my classes who after a two-week break came back and told me I had grown like two or three inches since I had last seen her. And with that growth, other things grow: my spiritual life, my education, my ego (admittedly), but also . . . my trials. I will give an example that should be painfully obvious: girls. Pretty easy one, eh? God says that everyone is tempted, everyone will face trials, and there is always a way out.
One word can say it all: "No." No, I will not be ruled by darkness. For I am in the Light of Jesus. I stumble. We all do. I will fall flat on my face. I will make my God, my Father, my Lord sob with grief over my failures.
But He will never--NEVER--say, "I don't want you. You've fallen too far." No, what He will say is, "I shouldn't do anything. I should let you and your sinful little self rot forever. But I love you. My Son died for you. And I will help you get out of this hole, for My name's sake."
Jesus Christ, who lived physically two thousand years ago, is still alive today. The very people who were waiting for Him to come and save us slaughtered Him. But through the power of He who holds all power, He is risen! He is risen! And because of that, we find that we can know God. We find that behind the veil is a wondrous, glorious, fulfilling Light. And this Light blots out our past faults.
Does that mean we can just sit down and do nothing, saying, "God will do it for me." NO! It takes committment! It takes the will to say, "No, I will not do that again. I will not fall. But IF I do, I will get back up and live better."
God knows you'll fail. That's who we are. But all He asks of you is this: that you know Him, know His mercy, know His grace, and do your best. Forgiveness is there for the taking. As a friend of mine said, "Mercy is not getting what you deserve. Grace is getting what you don't deserve." And God is offering you life and purpose and love--He's offering you grace.

My one thing is I am praying I'm not saying this wrong. So here's the bottom line: we mess up everyday.
The second glance is a killer.
Oh man, I shouldn't have said that!
Did you hear about her?
Nobody will ever know . . .
God says, "To be honest, you're messed up. But you know what? See that guy over there? That's my son. You see the marks on his hands and feet? He died for you. He said, 'Father, we have to help them.' So you know what I said? I said, 'I love them, even through their faults. Let's give them a second chance."
And that chance comes in the form of a gift. To quote Wayne Thomas Batson, "Believe and enter." Enter into the joy of your master, who loves you enough to sacrifice His own son.
He did it for you.