Growing up in Ghana, missionary life was all my siblings and I knew. This became very apparent one day at the grocery store. As my youngest sister and I made our way up and down the aisles, she grabbed my arm and loudly whispered, Look LaDonna, Mennonites in the drinking aisle!!! Embarrassed, I quickly hurried her away, because those weren’t Mennonites- they were Muslims!

If we are disloyal, He stays faithful, because He [Christ] can’t be anything else than what He is. -2 Timothy 2:13

Annabelle may not have been cultured enough to realize the differences between Muslims and Mennonites aside from their similar preference for head coverings, but she did know two things: Mennonites should not be in the drinking aisle, but Mennonites could potentially be there. This should-not-but-could is a disheartening reality for everyone- in relationships, at jobs, in politics, in the news- but not in Christ. Even if when we break our contract with Him, He can not stop His promises. To forgive. To accept. To heal. To restore. To redeem. That is who He is, and nothing you can do will stop Him from reaching out to help you live in the black.