Horse, Hope and Heaven

There’s a story about a prize-winning horse that had a disease in its hoof. Because of the severity, the horse’s owners knew it would have to be “put down.” But shortly before this happened, a new invention had been developed: a steel hoof prosthesis that could be drilled into the bone of the horse’s leg. This news changed everything. The prosthesis saved the horse’s life—from no hope to a living hope. This is precisely what mercy does for you and me. Peter shouts it out when he says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:3-4). God Almighty, in his mercy, has provided a way for you to be with him forever. He saw your great need to be saved from evil and knew you were incapable of saving
yourself. In seeing your desperate need, he put his compassion into action by sending his Son to die a death only he could die and to become the sacrificial lamb that would pay the heavy price
of sin in the place of you and me. Our sins can now be forgiven and, by his mercy, we can fully embrace the reality of our eternal heavenly home!