Thrive Creative Journaling Devotional Bible - Flipbook - Page 15
DAY 2 8 3
Forgiveness for Falling Short
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
ROMANS 3:23
Love Letter from God
Beloved Daughter,
I have covered your sins with My Son’s sacrifice. You can’t change anything
that you have done—but you don’t have to, because I have forgiven you. Once
you confess your sin to Me, I don’t see it anymore; it is gone forever from My
memory. Since I let it go, I’m asking you to do the same so you can accept the
gift of a new day living in My light. Don’t allow others who bring up your past
to shame you and overpower what I have done for you. You will always have
two choices: either listen to the voices of people or hear My voice whisper
that it is finished—the old is gone and the new has begun. Open your ears
and your heart to My whisper, and be free from your past so you can become
all I’ve called you to be.
Love,
Your heavenly Father
Reflection
The pressure to be perfect is not from God; it’s from ourselves or from
others. We are so much harder on ourselves than God is. He knows that we
will sin, and that is why He sent the Savior. He loves us too much and knows
us too well to expect us to live out our faith without Him giving us the power
to overcome.
Treasure of Truth
Perfection is not realistic or possible, but perseverance till the end is.
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