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“Johnny come lately” is a pretty common cliché. Most of us think about the dude who finally gets to the door just as the party is ready to break up. Just for giggles I looked up the term to see which website would have the number one definition. On Answers.com it was written “Johnny-come-lately Informal A newcomer or latecomer, especially a recent adherent to a cause or trend.”
I am interested in this simply because of how I view myself so let me be honest! I spent many years running away from “truth” and “God” because I had a skewed viewpoint of who He is. I used to think of Him based on the bare minimum of what I knew, the 10 commandments. These seemed pretty much a list of “don’t do this and don’t do that” but if you do then “DAMN YOU TO HELL!” Just being honest folks.
When I found out He is a God of mercy, compassion, forgiveness and absolute LOVE, I was stunned! Is this the same God? Welcome to the whole point of Jesus dying on the cross. Suddenly I realized He knew we could never keep all those commandments perfectly so in His perfect love for us He made a way for us to still be with Him in everlasting eternity. Jesus’ blood poured out was for us!
After so many years running away from a God I viewed as angry and penalizing I felt robbed! Robbed! I was lied to over and over again. These lies led me to waste so much time that was precious to who I was and who I was to others. With my blinders removed all I can say is I am a “Jane-come-lately” and I am ready to enjoy this party ETERNALLY!
Mt 20:12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour, ‘they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.
Mark 10:31 “But many who are first will be last, and the last first”