In a beautiful scene from the TV show The Chosen, Mary Magdalene stands before Jesus and simply says, “You redeemed me, and I just threw it all away” (as if any of us can remain unchanged or unaffected by anything in the world). Earlier, she tells Matthew, “…He already fixed me once…and I broke again.” We cannot live with the mindset that God expects anything from us other than a willingness to give Him our heart. That’s it. He knows we are imperfect, and as the hymn states, “morning by morning new mercies I see.”
No one is ever too far to be forgiven and redeemed. The same shame that Adam and Eve felt in the garden is a result of our conscience and realization that we are indeed sinners. We may feel we are “damaged” beyond repair, but realizing we need God in order to face seemingly insurmountable circumstances is truly the first step in humility!