Just forget about it!
…But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21
The other night my little girl was saying her prayers. We have a little routine where she thanks God for His blessings that day and puts in any “special requests.” She also has a part that we call the I’m Sorryies, where she asks forgiveness for any sins she has committed.
When she got to her I’m Sorryies on Friday night, she paused. She had a pretty active day, and had gotten in trouble more than a few times. So her prayer went something like this…
“I’m sorry for all the bad things I did today…. (pause). God? Just forget about them, ok?”
I laughed to myself, and I imagine God got a chuckle out of it, too. But it isn’t it amazing that God actually does forget our sin? When we go to Him and confess our sins to Him, asking forgiveness, God takes His big old eraser and it is gone.
Amazing!
We don’t deserve this treatment, yet He willingly gives it. He sent His beloved son, Jesus, to shed blood to cover our sins. This blood ensures that we are forgiven, if only we believe and ask.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7
This verse says it all, simply and perfectly. We have redemption, we are delivered from sin, through his blood… according to the riches of God’s grace.
God’s unending grace.
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that is greater than all my sin.
from Grace Greater Than All Our Sins
Words by Julia H. Johnston
Music by Daniel B. Towne
October 13th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
One thing that stood out to me with your example is how conversation-like her prayer was. “Just forget it, ok?” What a great reminder that we don’t have to pray a fancy prayer to get God’s attention. He speaks our language and clings to our every word.
Christy
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