Imperfect People

As I have been reading through Genesis lately, I have once again been reminded how the people we meet in scripture are anything but perfect.  In fact, they are far from it!  It gives me encouragement to know that just as God was faithful to them, God is faithful to us as well.  Even in our imperfection and sin God still reaches out to us in love through his Son Jesus Christ.  Romans 5:8 says, "But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us."