“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:6
In her book “Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison,” Richella J. Parham writes: “As I was talking with my friend Robin one day, she told me of a good deed she had done, but then she stopped and said, ‘Of course, I know I’m just a sinner’ I then asked Robin, who has a young-adult daughter, to describe her daughter to me in twenty-five words or less. I watched as my friend’s eyes lit up and her lips tilted into a smile.
‘She’s beautiful. She’s fierce and wise. She’s a lover of Jesus, a friend to all, and a defender of the poor. She is my inspiration.’
‘Why didn’t you describe your daughter as a black-hearted buzzard?’ I asked. ‘Isn’t she ‘Yes, of course she is, but that’s not how I think of her,’ Robin answered. ‘Why not?’ I queried. ‘Because I love her’ came the reply. ‘And why do you love her?’ I pressed. ‘Because she’s my daughter,’ came the quick answer from my friend, now wearing a puzzled look.
‘If this is how you feel about your daughter, how do you suppose your Father in heaven feels about you?’ I asked, knowing the answer.”
Though we are all sinners and sin causes death, Jesus paid the price for our sins. Today, in prayer, give thanks to the Lord that He paid the price for our sins.
“On the cross, Jesus Christ — who was without sin — took upon Himself your sins and mine, and He endured the divine judgment that we deserve for our sins. He paid the price for our salvation, and now He offers it to us as a gift — free and fully paid for.” – Billy Graham
God’s Word: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,” – 1 Peter 3:18
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