This coming week is Thanksgiving and I thought I'd post something a bit early...
This morning I read Hosea 11 (one of my favorite chapters, from my favorite book of the bible). God has raised and taken care of Israel, yet they do not turn back to him. His holiness compels him to stay far from sin, but his compassion compels him to show love and mercy. He calls the Israelite's back to him and again shows them forgiveness. Love and Mercy win!
God does the same for us. He forgives and forgets, throws our sins into the Sea of Forgetfulness. He doesn't hold grudges, like us. He controls his anger, his anger doesn't control him. We truly do have a wonderful God. It's beyond my understanding sometimes how he can forgive us, time after time. But, that is the power of UNFAILING LOVE being shown by our heavenly father.
This year I'm thankful for Gods love toward me.
I'm thankful that he forgives me and then forgets my past sins.
Any "Amen's"?
Amen! I know that by the world I would be viewed as a "good person", but sometimes I feel so unforgivable! unloving. I am so thankful that God forgives us so freely.
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~Samantha
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