Monday, June 5, 2017

Dear God,

Pardon.  Pardon, a true gift of grace.  The word leaped off the page as I read my devotions this morning.  What is the value of pardon?  I asked myself.

Every time I fail to be loving, merciful, even Christian, I feel it in my gut.  I know my sin.  I may not want to change anything but I still feel my sinfulness.  On the other hand, when I have been the recipient of pardon, I know I have received a gift so great and valuable that there is no price possible to put on it.

When I hurt you and others by my sins of omission and commission and you offer me pardon, I can hardly take it in.  I wonder just how much grace is necessary to wash my sins clean.  What I do know is I am humbled and want to fall to my knees in thanksgiving and humility.  I want to praise you for I love the feeling of being clean.  I love knowing your love is powerful enough to cleanse any sin, however big or small.

Pardon, a gift we do not earn but is given by God whose love is greater than all dark sin.

Holy Father,
thank you
for your
sweet pardon.
Show me
the way
to live
a clean
and meaningful life.
Help me
take responsibility
for my flaws
and failures
and then
assist me
in making space
for your pardon.

Love, Andrea