Some of life's most meaningful lessons are taught by children. Here's a story about a lesson I learned several years ago. I wrote this just after it happened...
I have a little munchkin of a granddaughter. Her name is Anna Vickery. She's four years old with black, curly hair, eyes that dance with excitement and mischief, and more energy than a keg full of dynamite! She is one of the joys of my life. One day, while she was spending the weekend with me and her Papa, I found her in the guest bedroom with a very guilty look on her expressive, little face. As I looked from Anna Vic to the floor, I discovered a decorative hat that had once been properly affixed to the wall lying with its ribbon and flowers completely detached and in a heap. Before I could say anything, she held up her little hand as if to say "stop" and said,
"I apologize!"
The very idea! What does a four year old know about apologizing?! And yet, as I looked from the mess she'd made of my hat to her earnest little face, what could I say? Did I give her a good pop on the behind or chastise her for her wrong doing? Well, no, I didn't. I simply looked at that precious, precocious little girl and accepted her apology. We then picked up the hat, rearranged the flowers and the ribbon, and put it back in its proper place on the wall.
How much more does God forgive us when we simply go to Him and offer our apologies! And not only does He forgive, He helps us clean up the mess and He puts us back where we belong!
All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers.But sin didn't and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. Romans 5:20 (The Message)
I hope you are experiencing "the aggressive forgiveness we call grace"!
