Savior
The Lord your God turned that curse into a blessing because the Lord your God loves you. ~ Deuteronomy 23:5 (CEB)
I don’t judge a person who hears my words but does not obey them. I didn’t come to judge the world. I came to save the world. ~ John 12:47 (NIRV)
Kind and loving God, any way that one looks at it, you are on our side. You turn bad things into good. You show mercy when we fail to obey you. That does not excuse our sin. It only makes it more obvious. You are really kind but we still disobey you. Your mercy does eventually start to eat at the hardness in our hearts. Indeed, you are saving me -- saving us. Please give me the pleasure of awareness. I want to be aware of how much you have done and how much you are doing as the Savior. I'm going to pay attention. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
