Second Chance

Every night, before I sleep, I pray to God and ask for forgiveness.  As I list all my wrongdoings to God, I start crouching lower in shame of how much sin I have committed that day.  Surely, it is an “Amazing Grace” how God has given all of us second chances from his everlasting love.

In the hymn, “Amazing Grace”, it says, “ I was once lost, but now I am found”.  The concept of founding of the lost comes out frequently in the Bible.  For example, Jesus tells a story to his disciples about a father and a son.  The son wastes all the inheritance his father gives him.  He becomes lost but his father forgives him and welcomes him back with open arms.  This is personally very touching for me.  I feel like God will always welcome me into his heaven even though I sin and become lost. 

The Easter Assembly helped me understand deeply about the core of Easter.  The part I remembered the most was the video about Peter and Jesus.  As I was watching that video, many questions pondered in my head:  “Why is Jesus forgiving Peter when he BETRAYED him three times?”  “Am I also like Peter, a betrayer?”  “Why did Jesus save a sinner like me?”  I felt completely guilty after watching the video and thanked Jesus for sacrificing himself to save all the people.

Easter is a time not only celebrating the resurrection of Jesus but also remembering the second chance we got.  Although we do not deserve such grace from God, He loved us so much that He sent His one and only son, Jesus, to the world, to save us from the evil.  This is crucial to Christians including me because Jesus’s death on the cross built a bridge between God and me.