Life is like a paperclip. Yes. Like a paperclip. When a paperclip is bought at the store, it's in the perfect little package. Perfect in shape and color. There is nothing flawed about it. However, the paperclip will not stay in that form. Somebody will bend it out of shape just for the amusement of it. You can try and bend the paperclip back into the original position but it's very difficult. It can be done though. It just takes some time and patience.
We are like paperclips in God's eyes. When we are born, we are perfect. Not a scratch to our name. As we go through life though, we get scratches, bumps, and bruises. When we head into our teen/early adult years that is when we start to "bend out of shape." We hang with the wrong crowd. Do and say the wrong things. We get into bad habits. Pretty soon we can't even recognize who we are. This is where God comes in and picks us up and holds us in his arms. He molds us "back into shape." To our original condition.
God may let us wander down a path or two that's off course, but he will always bring us back to where we started. God is good and he loves his children. There is nothing we can do or say that will keep his love from us. He will do whatever it takes to "bend us back into shape."
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