Sinner, Turned Role Model, Turned Advocate

When you read the Bible, you notice that it contains not only lessons but stories of people who actually lived. Almost all the stories tell about their mistakes, yet they also show how they always revered back to Christ, even when they sinned heavily. In most cases, however, no matter how big their mistakes were, God later quotes them to be friends of His. As I read the Bible over the years and saw how this occurred often, it gave me hope to keep "pressing toward the mark." It made me realize th