Second Chances

My #SheReadsTruth devotional today surprised me. The reading was Genesis 3, which I have read so many times I didn't think there was anything else I could get out of it. I read the scripture and the devotional and thought, "yup, better luck tomorrow." But then as I read through the comments of the hundreds of other women who read the same thing, I realized that they had all taken something from it.

Sidenote: My verse of the day this morning said "...don't think you know it all!"

Oops.

Anyway, I put a little more thought into it and decided to take something away after all.
One of my biggest challenges as a Christian as of late is my struggle to hear the voice of God. Sometimes I think back on the times I did hear God. Especially the times I heard Him tell me to leave a relationship. And then I remember how I had deliberately disobeyed. Am I being punished for my disobedience? Is that why I struggle so much in this area? I may never know. What I do know is that Eve deliberately disobeyed God too. Because she also wanted to make her own decisions. And yes, she was punished. But she was also given a second chance.

Her story didn't end with her disobedience and neither will mine.