God's Eraser

One day last week I was filling out some very important papers that had to be "just right'. I hadn't really taken time to review them because I've been so busy lately and so I thought I'd just skip through and read as I signed each section.

As I quickly skimmed the words, I carelessly initialed and signed on the lines on each page. It was a "no-brainer" I thought as I rushed through to hurry and get to where I needed to be.

I continued to put a C.A. here and a signature there until all eight pages were signed and I was ready to go. I happened to go over them one more time before leaving and noticed that I had signed on one part where I did NOT want to sign. I had agreed to pay more for a particular item than I wanted and wasn't sure what to do about it.

I looked at the papers and thought maybe I could just erase it and pretend it didn't happen, lol.

But I couldn't. I had written it in ink and it was NOT going to come off. It was on there to stay. My signature and my initials where I didn't want them was on that particular piece of paper forever.

Uggghhh!!!

Why didn't I think first before rushing into signing that one certain line?

Why did I have to grab that pen instead of a pencil that I could erase and make it all go away?

So after it was all over, I ended up with something I really didn't want that cost more than I wanted to pay. I knew at the moment I signed the papers, I had made a terrible mistake, but there was nothing I could do. I had made an agreement to pay a price way too high. I was stuck in a contract that I couldn't get out of.

Isn't it the same way in life?

We rush into things without a whole lot of thought sometimes, quickly going through all the motions before we really think about what we're doing. Only to look at it, after it's all said and done, and realize that we've made a mistake. We've ended up with something we really didn't want, that cost us more than we wanted to pay? And try as you might, you can't go back and erase it because, like the ink, it's permanant.

You can't erase your past. You've done what you've done. It's there. Trust me, I've tried to forget mine, I've tried to erase mine but it's there to stay. Some will forever remember me for certain things I've done and that's okay, I can live with that. But God said that He would cast my sins into the depths of the sea. He will remove my transgressions from me as far as the east is from the west. Even though I "signed in ink" an agreement with sin, God erased all I did when I repented and asked for His mercy and forgiveness.

Let Him erase your sins today. Even though you signed in ink and entered into an agreement with sin, you don't have to stay in that contract. God can break it through repentance.

God will save you if you call on Him. He is faithful to forgive our sins because He loves us so much and wants the best for us.

Much love,

Christy

Helpful verses:

Micah 7:19; Psalm 103:12;