Good stuff.

Just read Our Daily Bread.

According to Psalms 103:12,

as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Do you realize the meaning of this verse? East is always the opposite of West, and they will not meet....forever. So imagine as far as the east is from the west is an infinite distance. And this is how far God has removed our sins from us. After we repent, we can rest assure that they are gone from our lives forever.

Another scripture which stuns me is this: Isaiah 43:25,

"I,, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more."

Wow. Blots out means to obliterate or disregard a painful memory of thought. Each time we sinned, we break God's heart. But when we repent of our sins, God is willing to wipe it all clean, to disregard the fact that we broke His heart before, and remembers our sins no more. He, the One who created us and our judge, chooses to remember our sins no more.

Another verse I stumbled upon is this: Isaiah 38:17

Surely it was for....
....you have put all my sins behind your back.

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Jesus fulfilled this prophecy of Isaiah's before His crucifixion. Those lashes they did on His back, with sharp spikey metal balls, represents the sins which God has put on Jesus' back. By this, He has taken and died for all our sins. Past or future. We just need to repent of it and receive His forgiveness.

Good stuff. And it ended with this phrase.

We invite defeat when we remember what we should forget.

So, whatever hinders you in the past, whether its a sin or a painful memory, just repent of it and surrender them to God. He will blot it out.

=)