If you are still breathing, you have a second chance.

is part of the infinite goodness of God, that He

God's past faithfulness and compassion toward us is a heritage upon which we build our faith in the future.

You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my Spirit. JOB 10:12 NIV

Let me give you some advice that has helped me in such times. Stop and ask yourself a few questions to get reoriented. Is God good? Has He been good to me? Does His Word light the path ahead of me? Are His grace and provision sufficient for all my needs? Has He met my needs in the past? Has He given me promises to bear me through the difficulty? Yes, yes, and yes!

Thank you, Lord, for never turning me away. For never getting scared, for never lashing out when I hurt you, for always being there with arms wide open, ready to take me back.

Everything in this life can fail. I have to keep reminding myself that only God is faithful and never fails us. Things are bleak, life is unfair, but this isn't over yet. We will see God work.

God had been good to them all today. But He was good every day just, sometimes she noticed.

You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday don't count. But yesterday is all that does count. What else is there? Your life is made out of the days it's made out of. Nothin else.

You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He wants to take you to a new place, to transform you into a new person.

no matter how many wrong choices we've made in the past, we can always decide to make the right ones today. The past need not determine one moment of the future. The

Maybe grace was all around me, bubbling through, passing under my feet, and I'd never seen it because I'd never tried to see.