"How can you be so kind if you don’t even know me!”

Through some bad choices Linda had ended up in jail for six years in a foreign country. When she was finally free, she didn’t have anywhere to go. She thought her life was over!

While her family found the money to buy her a ticket home, a kind couple gave her a room in their house and looked after her. Linda was so thankful that she willingly listened to the good news of a God who loved her and wanted to give her a second chance.

Linda reminds me of Naomi, a widow in the Bible who lost her husband and two sons in a foreign land. She also thought her life was over (RUTH 1). But God hadn’t forgotten Naomi. Through the love of her daughter-in-law and the kindness of a godly man named Boaz, Naomi saw God’s love and was given a second chance (4:13-17).

The same God cares for us today. When others look out for us, we can be reminded that God is behind it all, loving us and making sure we have what we need. Above all, He gives us a fresh start. We just need, like Linda and Naomi, to see God in our everyday lives and realise He never stops showing us His kindness.

By: Keila Ochoa

To Pray About . . .

Father, thank You that You let us begin again. Please help us to stand back up when we fall.