And I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t matter how many Bible verses someone points out or how many times well-meaning people tell me to “forgive myself” because God has forgiven me, I still can’t shake my insufferable sense of I-screwed-upness. Maybe I should be able to. After all, not only have my kids forgiven me, but I do believe God has forever settled all my debts and forgiven me of all my sins. I do believe that “as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12 NIV). I also know that it’s not God who brings up forgiven sins. I
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