Unthinkable
Healing
Praise the LORD…who
forgives all your sins.
Psalm 103:2, 3
The woman at the door was a stranger.
“This may seem strange,” she began, “but God sent me here to
share with you. May I come in?”
The sense of peace and trust that
accompanied the request caused Debbie to open the door, admitting her
unexpected visitor.
“My name is Esther,” the woman
continued, “God has sent me to you as a messenger of forgiveness.
He wants you to know He is extending forgiveness to you.”
But how could God forgive what I’ve
done?! Debbie wondered, silently fearing this stranger somehow
knew her secret.
As if reading her thoughts, Esther
said, “He wants to forgive what you believe is unforgivable.”
She knows! Debbie’s heart
screamed. But how?!
“God knows the regret and pain you
live with,” Esther said. Then taking Debbie’s hand, she softly
said, “What you’ve done is not unforgivable.”
“God can’t forgive what I did?!”
Debbie blurted through unbidden sobs. “I took the life of an
innocent child!”
“And not a day has gone by that He
hasn’t waited for you to bring Him your wounded heart for healing,”
Esther said with assurance. “Believe me…I know,” Esther
whispered through tears of her own. “I know because He forgave me
for having an abortion three years ago. He sent me here today as
witness to His great mercy.”
†
“How could a holy God forgive
abortion?!” our wounded hearts contend. We can’t perceive
that God could, or would forgive abortion because in-and-of-ourselves
there is nothing we can do to atone for the wrong that was done. But
we are not God! And He alone forgives sin…all sin, when we
repent.
Yes, abortion is a horrific act. Yet it
is no greater than any other, because all sin separates us
from God. It is we who categorize our transgressions, not God. His
desire is that we come to understand that holiness means hatred of
all sin, and if He forgives any sin, He forgives the
sin of abortion.
He is waiting for us to bring all
our sin before Him in repentance, asking that He cast it as far as
the east is from the west. See vs.12
Prayer
“I feel unforgivable,
LORD. But Your word says You heal all sin
in repentance. I don’t fully understand, but I come right now,
asking for Your mercy and grace to cover my sin. In Jesus’ Name,
amen.”
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