She is nine years old with no understanding of forgiveness other than to ask for it. So she does, every day, for the same mistakes. Little does she know that He nailed it to the cross long ago.
She is a teenager who's been sold a feel-good gospel and a Jesus who is our "homeboy" It seems like God should be...bigger. He is showing her how great her need is, and how much greater her Savior is.
She is entering adulthood, and hides her doubts with an air of certainty and self-righteousness. God is breaking her heart and showing her His great love, for her and for others.
She is a new mom who every day listens to the whispers of the enemy: You aren't enough. You don't contribute. You fail daily to be patient, and clean the house, and keep it together. The Father of light is daily giving her grace, and wrapping her heart in His truth: I've made you new, and that is enough. I've given you a task, and that is a contribution. My grace is sufficient for all your many failures.
Praise be to God that His mercies are new every morning, because our need is new every morning. The wonderful thing about our Savior is that He didn't save us; He is [every day] saving us.
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