HIT THE MARK

For those having trouble understanding the concept of reaching God, this might help......
The definition of a sinner is someone who doesn't reach the mark, so
try giving an ordinary man a bow and quiver, and tell him to try and shoot at two targets way in the distance. Tell him the targets represent: "you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart; mind, and soul," and the other target represents: "and you shall love your neighbor as yourself". Next, tell him that he has all day to try and shoot at those targets and you will be back that afternoon to see how he has done. Only when you come back that afternoon, you find that all of his arrows have fallen into the sand, short of the mark!
Such as it is with the Kingdom of God. We can try and try, again and again, but we will always fall short, when we do things on our own steam.
That's why God knew He would have to give us His awesome gift of Grace!
He reached the mark for us, so we don't have to!
I never was good at archery, anyway!
Becky