God's Words, My Voice

Realizing His Forgiveness

I have a testimony to share tonight that I couldn't save for tomorrow. For the past week, I haven't felt as close to God as I normally do. I feel like I've been taking steps back instead of forward. I realized this was because of the fact that I haven't been reading my bible like I used to, and I haven't been praying to God everyday like I used to. I've become kind of lazy in my relationship with God. I'm telling you that even the simplest things that you do everyday like reading His word and praying to him all the time makes a big difference in your relationship with him. I mean just not doing it for a week made me feel like I had stepped away from Him about ten thousand steps. But, tonight I wanted to be forgiven. I wanted to be close to God again. I felt almost as if I was too guilty to even ask God for forgiveness, but then I realized something. It's not about how guilty, or ashamed, or wrong I feel. It's about his love for me. God loves me AND you for that matter so much that once we ask for forgiveness the sin has already been forgotten. He's not gonna hold it against you. He loves you too much to do that. I realized how simple it was to be forgiven. All you have to do is ask. Don't feel like you can't ask because you feel too guilty or ashamed. Don't hide yourself from God like Adam and Eve did because he knows where you are anyways. If you hide, that's just pulling you further away from Him. If you just ask for that forgiveness, He will forgive you. It's not about guilt or shame or any of that stuff. It's about the fact that he loves us so much that is is willing to forgive us of all our sins. After all, isn't that why Jesus died on the cross? Just remember, it's simple to be forgiven. Just ask. He loves you no matter what and he will forgive you.