"But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he will surely live, he shall not die.
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live."
Ezekiel 18:21–22
I was thinking about the whole idea of not mentioning our sins, and how amazingly cool that is. Too often in life, we have to live with people expecting us to be who we used to be... some version of our dead selves from the past before we learned and changed. We ourselves beat ourselves up for past actions at times. And on some level that is fair/justified, and for God even more so, since it is his laws that we offend when we sin. So how incredibly merciful and kind when he allows us to be who we are now, and never reminds us of our mistakes and errors of the past.
Today, let's rejoice in God's mercy, working to be better each day, and let's also try to recognize others for who they are rather than who they used to be. Let's all live in righteousness, and in the now, working to be the best we can be, in hope that God will help us continue to strive for improvement.
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