Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
Romans
4:7
Back in my young impetuous
single days, I thought it would be a good idea to buy a mobile home. The cutest
little thing, it had a bedroom on each end and the open plan with the kitchen,
dining, and living room in the middle. I also got my first very own washer and
dryer in the deal.
After spending a few happy
years there, I became engaged and got married. My new husband moved in with me
and we began our married life. Not long afterward he got a job in another town
so up for sale went my little mansion on wheels, no problem, so we thought. It
was practically new, no damage or problems. Anyone would love it.
We tried every trick in
the business to sell that mobile home, but we had no luck whatsoever. The
original bank had sold my loan to another lending institution and they would
not cooperate at all. Eventually we let it go back to the bank.
Years later we decided to
buy our first real home. I nervously told the loan officer what had happened
with my little mobile home. He told me that all we could do was check out our
credit report.
When he got to the part
about my mobile home, he exclaimed, “Look at that!” I couldn’t believe it when
I looked and read the words, “PAID IN
FULL.” My eyes teared up immediately. We had let it go. We had not honored
our commitment. Yet there it was in dark black print. Our debt had been paid.
We had no bad credit connected to our names at all.
“Paid in full,” that is exactly what Jesus did to our sin debt when
He died on the cross. “Paid in full,”
my sins have been forgiven because of His blood. I had nothing to do with it.
All I had to do was believe it.
I have no doubt when I get
to my heavenly home that God will look at my record. I also have no doubt that
because of His Son, Jesus Christ’s sacrifice for me, He’s going to say, “Come on in because your debt has been PAID IN FULL.”
Thank you Lord for offering
Salvation by Your grace. It is nothing that I ever could have done or deserved.
It is all You.
Susan P.
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