Rejoicing in God's Forgiveness

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Psalm 32:1-5

The Message

A David Psalm

 ¹ Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be— you get a fresh start,
      your slate's wiped clean.

 ² Count yourself lucky—
      God holds nothing against you
      and you're holding nothing back from him.

 ³ When I kept it all inside,
      my bones turned to powder,
      my words became daylong groans.

 ⁴ The pressure never let up;
      all the juices of my life dried up.

 ⁵ Then I let it all out;
      I said, "I'll make a clean breast of my failures to God."   Suddenly the pressure was gone—
      my guilt dissolved,
      my sin disappeared.

For Reflection
According to most psychologists, when one forgives another the forgiveness enables the forgiver to move on beyond the wrongful deed.  Perhaps it is true also with God.  With so many people to forgive and so much to forgive them for, God's forgiving may be as much for His own comfort as for ours. 

God suffers from the wrongfull acts we comitt.  His forgiveness is just not all about us.

Isn't that how forgiveness works.  Reconciliation is a two way street.  Think about how reconcilation operated in your life.

Pray
prayers for forgivness.  Pray that we will not be come so self-centered that we take God's forgiveness for granted.