Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalms 130:3-4 (New Living Translation)

³ Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,
who, O Lord, could ever survive?
⁴ But you offer forgiveness,
that we might learn to fear you.

God doesn’t keep a record of my sins. That is a relief. God could keep such a record; He is capable of that. But, as the Psalmists writes, who could survive if God kept such records?

God, instead, offers forgiveness. I don’t fully appreciate the concept of forgiveness and what life  would be like without it. I need to think on that one more often. For now, like the Psalmist, I thank God.