I magine, you’re walking home and all of a sudden you see Jesus waiting for you just inside the gate. Your heart is filled with an incomparable joy and you begin to run. Jesus gets down on one knee, arms open wide, huge smile on His face as He watches you run. You reach Him and He scoops you up in his arms and holds you close. But suddenly the joy that had just overpowered you vanishes. You remember all of the things you’ve done to hurt Him and your heart sinks. You feel you don’t deserve this loving greeting, you begin to pull away. But just as you do He pulls you close and kisses you softly on the forehead, and with that your sins are lifted. You know for certain that He knows everything you’ve done but still chooses to love and forgive you. There is no realization better than that, than knowing and feeling, so surely, such merciful love.
