One of the many characteristics of God that is truly mind boggling to me is His ability to lather immediate compassion on us that He graciously gives when we come home to Him with a genuine and repentful heart - no matter the sin. This is so contrary to our human reasoning as we like to label one sin more sinful and worse than another so that we can sometimes makes people feel unworthy of forgiveness. Dare I say that sometimes we use that logic to become self-righteous for our own justification of what we may be doing in our own lives. However, this is not our God! Sin is sin in his eyes no matter if it's forgiving the pride in your heart, the anger in your spouse, the little white lie you told, or the domestic violence going on three doors down; it's all sin, it's NOT ranked or leveled by God and it ALL can only be forgiven with a genuine repentful heart. His compassion does not change no matter the sin. In His Word there are promises after promises of His blessing if we would just turn our hearts; not our physical appearance, not our traditions, not even our good deeds, but our hearts to Him. His will is for brokenness to be healed, for complete restoration to Him and in your relationships and for peace that passes all understanding. The Creator of this universe holds nothing more precious than to have a relationship with you. YOU! Repentance equals a fully restored relationship littered with blessings and promises. Why wait? Come home! Your Father's arms are wide and ready to lavish mercy and love all over you! ~
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