Forgiven

Crazy thing God showed me.

When I gave my little sister a swirly, she remembered.  A few weeks later, she dumped a huge glass of water on my head, despite the fact that I had apologized.

When I sin and ask for forgiveness from God, he forgets. Yes, I still have to suffer the consequences of my actions, but he does not hold the bad things I have done over my head.

It's like this:

I screw up.

Me: "God, I am so sorry for that thing I did the other day. It was wrong and I should not have done it."

God: "Beloved daughter, I forgive you."

Me: "Thank you Jesus! I really don't deserve that.  I mean, it was a really terrible thing."

God: "What was?"

Me: "That thing I did."

God: "I already forgiven, I have moved on.  Go and do better next time."

Me: "Thanks God.  I love you!"

God: "I love you too."

Whether a person forgives you for what you have done depends largely on the person.  But will they ever truly forget-excluding cases of memory loss? No.  It is always there. And, nine times out of ten, they want you to pay for what you did.

How far we have fallen from the way we should be, yet how wonderful to know the guilt of our mistakes need not weigh down our hearts.

Ask God to forgive you, and enter the new year free from the weight of your past mistakes.

It is a glorious feeling.