Forgiven by God

I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more," says the Lord. - Hebrews 8:12

One of the greatest blessings that God has given us is the promise of forgiveness. Though we fail time and time again, God is faithful to forgive us when we confess our sins. This confession, however, is not merely a recitation of our obvious mistakes, but also a recognition of our willful choices and OUR disobedience to God's ways.

When we bring these failings to the light of God's LOVE, the Bible tells us that God not only forgives those sins, but He also FORGETS them. It is our own inability to forget our own sins, that is holding us back and often causes a lot of us to deter off God's righteous path.

Until we understand that God forgives us for our sins, and we realize the grace, and compassion He has shown us, will we realize that through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, we are made holy and blameless in His sight. As Ephesians 1:7 says, "In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us".

So we should not only receive the gift of forgiveness that God blesses us with, but also rejoice in God's loving forgetfulness with regards to our sins.

What a blessing it is to be forgiven by God!