God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
God is a God of second chances. No matter how many times we may have fallen short or made mistakes, He is always ready to forgive us and give us a fresh start. His grace and mercy are boundless, and He offers redemption and restoration to all who seek Him.
A cheerful spirit is one of the most valuable gifts ever bestowed upon humanity by a kind Creator. It is the sweetest and most fragrant flower of the Spirit, that constantly sends out its beauty and fragrance, and blesses everything within its reach. It will sustain the soul in the darkest and most dreary places of this world. It will hold in check the demons of despair, and stifle the power of discouragement and hopelessness. It is the brightest star that ever cast its radiance over the darkened soul, and one that seldom sets in the gloom of morbid fancies and forboding imaginations.
