...plenty of hope :: part 2

  My first post called "There is hope...plenty of hope" started out as sharing a video that encouraged me greatly. But I kept thinking about "Maria" & I put myself in her shoes as I often do when I hear stories. And from that place I realized what a beautiful picture her rescue is of my own rescue from the Kingdom of Darkness.
  You see I was, we all were, born as victims of sin. And there we would have stayed for eternity but instead our magnificent rescuer came all the way into that skanky, dark, back ally brothel of sin, selfishness & pride to say "NO, not on my watch! She's mine! He's mine! I want them all!" And He brought us out into light, into freedom & into a place of restoration.

"He sent from on high, 

He took me; 

He drew me out of many waters. 

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay. 

He brought me forth also into a broad place; 

He rescued me because He delighted in me."

Psalm 18:16-19