If you’re like me, you struggle with wanting to treat your relationship with God as you do your other relationships.  Specifically if you do something to offend your friend, your apology will often be mixed with attempts to DO something to “make things better” or “make things even again”.  With God this is impossible, because our sin against Him is INFINITELY offensive because He is perfectly holy – yet we still often try.  I myself have “bargained” with God, but that is not what He asks of us.  God simply asks us to humble ourselves before Him, ask forgiveness, and cling to the cross trusting that the price for ALL our sin, yesterday, today, and tomorrow were paid for on by Christ.  Because Christ’s payment was full – His righteousness became ours, God’s love towards us is not in any way dependant on us. His love towards us is the same love He has towards His own Son, always, every moment of every day.

Be encouraged today with a section of scripture I find myself in probably more than any other:

Lamentations 3:22-24 –
²² “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
²³they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”

Grace and Peace,
Adam