SNATCHED!!!

I heard the song that I posted on my blog several weeks ago while I was on a trip to the valley.  I listened to the words and wept. This song could have been written about my daughter, Jeannie. My heart just ached for her and the wrong choices that she has made in her short life. But, being the prodigal daughter as I myself am, I understand the pitfalls of accepting Christ, only to "fail" miserably at the walk expected of you.  And, then run as far away from God as I thought I could, hoping He would just forget about the promises of change that I had made to Him.  I thought that He would just wave His magic God Wand and *presto change o* I was done! Since all I understood was that I was a sinner in need of forgiveness and I was full of shame and self loathing, I thought that I could just STOP sinning if I got saved!!! I was twenty-seven when I stopped running. Even in the pit of my despair, in the hole that I had dug for myself to hide from God, because I felt like I had let Him down, He touched ME!  I had no concept of God except what I had learned in Sunday school. I had no understanding of His Grace and just enough faith to get to salvation. This is one of those times when you say, "If I'd have known THEN what I know NOW....I'd have been ...."  God only knows why He has to rescue us back from the brink of disaster, but Thank You Lord for doing so. "Does anyone else smell smoke???"