--RECONCILIATION WITH GOD~~

-"God demonstrates
his own love for us
in this: While we were
still sinners, Christ
died for us."
--(Romans 5:8)

--RECONCILIATION is a beautiful thing. The apostle Peter pointed followers of Jesus there when he wrote, "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). Peter's words cause me to wonder if he was thinking of his own denial of Jesus (Luke 22:54-62) and the forgiveness Jesus offered him (and us) through the Cross.

The deep love Jesus demonstrated through His death on the Cross frees us from the debt for our sins and opens the way for our reconciliation with God (Colossians 1:19-20). His forgiveness empowers us to forgive others as we realize we can't forgive in our own strength and ask Him to help us. When we love others because our Savior loves them and forgive because He has forgiven us, God gives us strength to let go of the past and walk forward with Him into beautiful new places of His grace. ~~

--THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD IS THE TEST BY WHICH I MYSELF AM JUDGED + (Oswald Chambers)
--ODB/JB ----"AT THE CROSS" By/ Hillsong ~---<https://youtu.be/AkRudaBidHc>

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]