“Like a Little Child – God Forgives Me”

Luke 7:36-48

If there is one thing children seem to grasp well, it is the concept of forgiveness. Two children can be at each other’s throats one moment, forgive each other, and two minutes later you would never know that there had ever been a strain in their relationship.

It’s the same in their relationship with God. They take 1John 1:9 for what is said:

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

We adults, on the other hand have a very difficult time accepting the simplicity and purity of God’s forgiveness and try to add provisions like penance and probationary periods as requirements to the forgiveness God so readily offers through our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

To enter the Kingdom of God, we need to in all childlikeness be able to say, “My God forgives me!”