Swipe Right: The Life And Death Power Of Sex And Romance Sample

The Things We Carry

You might be thinking, Hold on, Levi, God can forgive! I can do what I want now and then later straighten up. I’ll ask for forgiveness down the road, and it will all be fine. Of course God can forgive you—but he’d much rather be blessing you and using you. My prayer is that you will have less to carry down the road because of how you live today. Because your present will one day be your past, you can protect your future by living carefully right now.

I certainly didn’t write this just for people who have already chosen to swipe right and stick to God’s plan for sex and dating. If so, I wouldn’t be allowed to read it. The good news for you and for me is that there is still hope.

Listen to me very carefully: It’s not too late. You’re not too far gone. Your greatest days can come after your biggest failures. God specializes in redemption stories. I’m not saying it’ll be easy or that every consequence will go away. But if you give God your present, he will begin a new chapter in your story. Just because you can’t unreap what you have already sown doesn’t mean you can’t start sowing something new.
 

Questions to ask yourself:

• What are you carrying that you need to ask forgiveness for and move on from?
• What we live now we'll lug later. What can you do to protect your future by living carefully right now?

Remember: What you live now you’ll lug later.