Today I was reading Micah 7:18-20...
...which is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. I know for a fact that I serve a God who loves to pardon and delights to show mercy. While He does not excuse or tolerate sin, He does give us space to repent and turn from our sins and come to Him for forgiveness and mercy.
Man will seldom forgive or pardon, especially if one has committed a crime. But thankfully, God does not think or act in the same manner as prideful mankind. His ways are not our ways, nor are God's thoughts like our thoughts.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8,9). What a relief to know this truth!
D.B.
Man will seldom forgive or pardon, especially if one has committed a crime. But thankfully, God does not think or act in the same manner as prideful mankind. His ways are not our ways, nor are God's thoughts like our thoughts.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8,9). What a relief to know this truth!
D.B.