When I was a kid I used to love to play with an "Etch A Sketch".
Turning the little nobs, creating something and then turning it upside down and shaking it - and then turning it back over with the slate clean.
It was a wonderful tool to to create, make mistakes, wipe away your mistakes and have a new start.
What a powerful illustration of God's grace.
Like an Etch A Sketch, sin makes it mark on the screen of our lives. The evidence of our disobedience is there for all to see.
It is not a pretty picture.
But when we ask for forgiveness, the blotches of sin on the screen of our lies are erased and we are made like new.
I, for one, am very, very grateful for that.
God forgives us instantaneously and completely.
He always gives us a second chance. And a third. And a fourth.
I guess that's why they call it Grace.
So, forgive yourself today - God has.
Just a thought for a Thursday.
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