Today’s post isn’t for everyone. If you grew up in church and lived life on the straight and narrow, this post may not interest you. But if you made major detours from the right path like I did, this is for you. Or if you know someone who thinks their sin is too great for God to forgive, pass this on.
In your past, did you commit a sin that haunts you? You may have asked Jesus to forgive you, but you can’t forgive yourself. I’m not talking about some little thing. I’m talking about something big, something that you can’t believe you were capable of.
Let God’s Words speak to your heart today:
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love… he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; Psalm 103:8-13
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18
All of us are capable of doing things that we would like to forget (usually done to save ourselves from pain or trouble). We justify our behavior in our mind. “I had to do it. There was no other way. I needed this.”
King David committed adultery and murder. Yes, a man “after God’s own heart” did this! In Psalm 51:14-17 David wrote,
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
A Prayer
Dear Lord, I stand in awe of your great love. You forgive my sins and remember them no more. Great is your love, O God. Who can understand your great mercy? Without it surely I would die in anguish, but your forgiveness and mercy washed over me and made me clean.
“He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.” Ephesians 1:7 NLT
No matter how great your sin, God will forgive you. God isn’t waiting to judge you. He isn’t waiting to condemn you. He wants to receive you – with mercy, with love, with open arms.
With Love,
Cindy
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Yes. Amen to everything you said here. There are things in my past that I abhor, things I cannot forgive myself for. I have wrestled with the terrible, terrifying thought: “Can God forgive me? Does God really love me?” He has shown me, in many different ways, that I am loved and I am forgiven. Even so, it is sometimes hard for me to believe.
I wrote a song based on my favorite chapter in the Bible, Psalm 103, a couple of years ago, after a long night of wrestling with these questions. Here are the lyrics:
You are never too broken
You’ll never fall so far
That God’s grace cannot find you
Wherever you are —
As far as the east is from the west
So far has He removed our sins from us
Yes, as far as the east is from the west
So far has He removed our sins from us!
And we are never too broken
We can’t fall so far
That God’s grace cannot find us
Wherever we are!
As high as the heavens are above the earth
So great is our Father God’s love for us
Yes, as high as the heavens are above the earth
So great is our Father God’s love for us!
And you are never too broken
You can’t fall so far
That God’s grace cannot find you
Wherever you are!
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These are beautiful lyrics. Thank you for sharing them.
“Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
Luke 7:47
Blessings Linda!
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