I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins
have been forgiven on account of His Name (1 John 2:12).
Whether someone points it out
to me or I realize on my own through some scripture reading, I don’t want to
know that I have somehow sinned. My first response is become defensive,
justifying my behavior. Remorse should be reserved for some big sin, right? Surely I can reason and
excuse my impulsive or thoughtless actions. But eventually the truth of the matter
comes to light in my heart – I sinned.
But I am thankful for any
time I am made aware that I stepped outside God’s will. I am thankful I am led
by His Spirit to be remorseful. Thankful I can confess my sin to God and He
understands. And thankful I can say I’m sorry to those I have hurt, and to God.
I can be forgiven. By others. By myself. By God.
Jesus washes my sins away. Even
if the “other” does not forgive, for the One Who truly matters, the sin is remembered
no more.
We sin. But that is not the
end of the story. Thanks be to God for the indescribable gift – Jesus and His
cleansing blood. For recognizing sin, being sorrowful about it, and receiving
the forgiveness God provides – is pleasing to the Lord. You will never know powerful
wonderfulness of forgiveness until you surrender to it. Forgive yourself and
others today.
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