As far as the east is from the west, so far has
God removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12
God has a good future prepared for me...
God removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12
God has a good future prepared for me...
I know many of my readers may not think so. But I am looking at this from the vantage point of faith, where I am declaring the things which at present do not seem to be possible, to now be so. As Christ himself declared, "With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible"(Matthew 19:26).
There's no way around this biblical truth. I serve a God of endless possibilities. And one of my continuous prayers is that at some point I will be able to meet with and personally apologize to all whom I have hurt in the past. When, those forty years ago, I was overwhelmed by dark demonic delusions which, at the time, had a large degree of control over my life. Sadly and regretfully, I left behind a trail of destruction and pain.
I also believe that anyone who has been forgiven by Christ will instinctively desire to clean up, as much as one could, the mess he or she left behind in their days when sin and selfishness ruled their hearts. Like the greedy and dishonest tax collector by the name of Zacchaeus who, once he repented of his crooked ways, immediately expressed a desire to right all his wrongs, and clean up his mess, our goal should be the same.
After Zacchaeus' encounter with the Savior, he now wanted to give back even up to four times the amount he swindled from his victims. And while those like myself could never give anything to replace a life that was taken, we could at least show deep contrition, sincere sorrow, and remorse. These things, I believe, God will honor.
It could very well be that the road forward may require cleaning up as much of the past as we could, and once we've done all we could to fix what has been broken, we can, through Christ, move forward with our lives.
D.B.
There's no way around this biblical truth. I serve a God of endless possibilities. And one of my continuous prayers is that at some point I will be able to meet with and personally apologize to all whom I have hurt in the past. When, those forty years ago, I was overwhelmed by dark demonic delusions which, at the time, had a large degree of control over my life. Sadly and regretfully, I left behind a trail of destruction and pain.
I also believe that anyone who has been forgiven by Christ will instinctively desire to clean up, as much as one could, the mess he or she left behind in their days when sin and selfishness ruled their hearts. Like the greedy and dishonest tax collector by the name of Zacchaeus who, once he repented of his crooked ways, immediately expressed a desire to right all his wrongs, and clean up his mess, our goal should be the same.
After Zacchaeus' encounter with the Savior, he now wanted to give back even up to four times the amount he swindled from his victims. And while those like myself could never give anything to replace a life that was taken, we could at least show deep contrition, sincere sorrow, and remorse. These things, I believe, God will honor.
It could very well be that the road forward may require cleaning up as much of the past as we could, and once we've done all we could to fix what has been broken, we can, through Christ, move forward with our lives.
D.B.
