Forgiveness

Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
² Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
   to my cry for mercy.

³ If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,
   Lord, who could stand?
⁴ But with you there is forgiveness,
   so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

⁵ I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits,
   and in his word I put my hope.
⁶ I wait for the Lord
   more than watchmen wait for the morning,
   more than watchmen wait for the morning.

⁷ Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
   for with the LORD is unfailing love
   and with him is full redemption.
⁸ He himself will redeem Israel
   from all their sins.

Isn’t it amazing that God doesn’t keep record of every little thing we do wrong? Once we ask for forgiveness, its all gone. He never takes a second look at our sins. He forgives and forgets, you might say. Thank goodness He doesn’t keep track of our past sins. He knows mine would be HUGE. Isn’t it amazing though? That He can totally forgive us and not hold a grudge? He knows I can not do that very well. But I’m learning. He will always forgive us no matter how many times anyone messes up. And He does not love us any less.

What is Love?

Well…it is defined as this “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails.”(1corinthians 13:4-7) NOW THAT IS LOVE!!!  Don’t we all wish we had someone who loved us this way? Someone who loves us unconditionally, no matter what? Someone who would help us through everything? And never get mad or frustrated with us? Well, there is someone like that. And his name is Jesus. He is the perfect example of love. He is always there for us, no matter what. Just say a word and he hears you. Don’t you hate it when you need to talk to someone, but they won’t answer you? or they don’t have the right words? Well, Jesus can do anything. He is the best thing that happened in my life. And I hope that he will be the best thing in your life too.

I’ve been thinking…

I know i haven’t posted in FOREVER, but i have been thinking this past two months. Shocking, i know. But I have been thinking. A lot has gone on in my life. And there was only place i could turn to. GOD. he was the only one who understood. I love my friends and everything, but they just didn't get it. They did what they could. They loved me, helped me, and cared about me. But that only went so far. They couldn’t stay with me 24/7 or make all my decisions. The only one who was with me 24/7 and could help me make decisions was GOD. No matter how many times i messed up or turned away from Him, he was there. He never gave up on me. And I always took that for granted. I never thanked him for staying with me. And I’m still getting to know Him. But he knows me through and through. He knew me before i was born. He loved me before I loved him. Jesus is all my heart is living for. I will always mess up and be stupid, but I want to keep going back to Him. Forever. He showed me the answers to the things i didn’t understand. Now i know why those things happened. And they happened because He wanted me to go to him. Because He loves me enough to never let go of me.