I always get nervous filling out forms with pens. What if I mess up? What if I put my middle name where my last name is supposed to go? What if my answer is wrong? I mess up a lot and a pen seems so permanent, so final and scratching out an answer just makes everything look messy.
I used to get really paranoid about the whole thing and then I got my first job at an office and discovered white out. I love the stuff! If you mess up you just blot a little dab over your screw up and wait for a few minutes for it to dry and BLAMO you have a clean slate and can redo it correctly!
In life we can easily believe that are actions are written with a ballpoint pen. They seem permanent, irreversible and when we try to just scratch them out they just make a mess of our lives. But God in his compassion gave us the greatest tube of white out ever in Jesus Christ. His blood blots out those mistakes. And when we mess up, he pours that holy stain remover over our screw up and by the time we are finished praying BLAMO we have a clean slate and the chance to redo it correctly!
It is quite amazing, that He is merciful enough and compassionate enough and in love with us enough to provide a way to blot out the muckity muck messes we make with this flesh of ours. It is a comfort to me that the only thing permanent when it comes to God is His grace, His love, His mercy, and His compassion and there is no sin, no shame, no transgression that is too stubborn a stain for Christ’s blood to blot out!
That is your promise for today!
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