Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. (Psalm 130: 1-6)
We cry, wait, and hope. We seek forgiveness.
We often seek the gift of returning to what was before. Before the angry words, before she went away, before the stupid mistake... let me go back, let it be as if it did not happen.
God offers a more fundamental forgiveness. The prefix for implies completely or excessively. We may return to our very origins in God.
The One Who Exists in the past, now, and in the future is ready to give excessively. The challenge is to receive the gift.
The Indo-European source of give (ghabh) means to both give and receive. Forgiveness involves complete giving and complete receiving.
The giving has already happened. We cry, wait, and hope for the strength and courage - or perhaps the openness and humility - to receive.
We cry, wait, and hope. We seek forgiveness.
We often seek the gift of returning to what was before. Before the angry words, before she went away, before the stupid mistake... let me go back, let it be as if it did not happen.
God offers a more fundamental forgiveness. The prefix for implies completely or excessively. We may return to our very origins in God.
The One Who Exists in the past, now, and in the future is ready to give excessively. The challenge is to receive the gift.
The Indo-European source of give (ghabh) means to both give and receive. Forgiveness involves complete giving and complete receiving.
The giving has already happened. We cry, wait, and hope for the strength and courage - or perhaps the openness and humility - to receive.
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