"Erasing the Wrongness"

 That is what came out of my 5 year old granddaughter's mouth the other day. She was working diligently at her work station (her spot at the school "counter" she shares with her siblings)  when she said "I need more eraser."  "Why, what is wrong with the one you have?" I asked.  Her reply; "It isn't enough, I have to erase all the wrongness!"  

Is that not priceless!?!  I knew right then it was going to be a blog!

We all wish for a giant eraser....we all desire to "erase all the wrongness"  from our lives, from others lives.  All the errors that we have committed, and we would like to erase the errors of others as well.

We can not.....there isn't an eraser big enough to erase our wrongness.  

God knew that when He was searching for Adam and Eve in the garden...after they had let the serpent lure them into disobedience.

📖 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. Romans 5:12

Genesis 3 (click on the link to read the whole story)

God had a plan, He sent a giant eraser.....in the form of Jesus!

📖 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

What a great plan it was.....IS

📖 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!  Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:17-19

because of Jesus all our wrongness is erased

📖 as far as the east is from the west,

    so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12

📖 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions, for my own sake,
    and remembers your sins no more. Isaiah 43:25

We can not erase our sins, Christ does that....We need to seek forgiveness through confession of our sins with faith in a savior Who died for those sins, took on our punishment, so that we could receive forgiveness. 

 📖 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

....but we can try to make right any "wrongness" done by us, we seek forgiveness from our Savior, and we seek forgiveness from those we have wronged or hurt and then we try to make amends if at all possible, because that is what we are called to do.

📖 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25

📖 And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12

Make peace with the person you have trouble with

📖 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9

My Jesus, your Jesus... can do that...He has done it for me, and He can do it for you....if He already has....tell someone...He can do it for them!!

I just heard this song about 2 weeks ago.  Shared it at church this past Sunday and I can not stop singing it!  

🎵 My Jesus Anne Wilson

Who can wipe away the tears
From broken dreams and wasted years
And tell the past to disappear? Oh
Let me tell you 'bout my Jesus
And all the wrong turns that you would
Go and undo if you could
Who can work it all for your good
Let me tell you about my Jesus

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