GI-NORMOUS ERASER

A few days ago I was in the dollar store. Since school will be starting in a couple more short weeks or so, I thought it would be fun to pick up some things for a young friend. I saw something that amused me and I bought it for myself. It's a gi-normous pink eraser that says, "for BIG mistakes." I don't plan on using it for it's intended purpose, but rather, I intend to use it to remind me not to dwell on negative thoughts. I immediately thought of God when I saw this thing. Can you even imagine how big God's eraser must be?

God willingly erases all the boogered-up things we do just for our asking His forgiveness. I'll admit that it took me many years to learn to accept God's grace. Intellectually, I knew it and believed what the Scriptures said about it; but I had been fed a steady diet of "fire and brimstone" sermons growing up, and had to realign my thinking in order to receive the message of God's grace. I'm not condemning fire and brimstone sermons. I'm just saying that we've got to get the concept out of our heads that God hates us and wants us to fail. He doesn't want anyone to perish. You can stake your soul on the following verses because He says:

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their lawless deeds I will remember no more." (Heb. 8:12)

Because Christ died for our sins, they are "once and for all...put away...." (Heb. 9:24-26)

Those of us who have been obedient in putting on Christ are justified (just-as-if-I'd-never) from our sins (Rom 3: 25-26). That doesn't mean we completely quit sinning. It just means that when we do, we ask His forgiveness, and He's quick to cleanse us of the same.

Lots of godly people have and do sin, but they choose not to remain in that condition. Read chapter 11 of Hebrews--the faith honor roll of God. All the men mentioned there sinned because it's recorded for us in the Scriptures, but here God is recounting only their tremendous faith in Him. Christ's blood flowed both forward and backward and cleansed people both under the old covenant and those who would live under the new convenant.

No one on this earth who professes their love for you can love you more than God--not your parents, not your spouse, not your children. When you show your love for Him through your obedience, your sins are forgiven and God uses His gi-normous eraser (Rom 6: 16-18; Acts 2:38; and 1 Jno. 1: 7-9). Keep the faith and live in such a way that on that Day He will remember only your good deeds (Mt. 10:42).

Love ya,
God Bless!