Checking it twice

"Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why..." This time of year, we are reminded that Santa is making a list and checking it twice. We are then told that he is going to find out who's naughty and who's nice. Yeah, you better watch out.

Throughout the year, I have done some pretty nice things. And, I have done some not so nice things. I guess if you weighed them in the balance, I would probably rate a big stocking of coal and a sack full of hickories. I try to be good, and some moments, I truly am. But, I usually do something equally bad, or worse, that would wipe out the little good, if that is how it really worked.

Today's word is Hebrews 8:12, NIV, which reads, "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

Aren't you glad, that as a child of GOD, He's not just sitting there making tic marks every time we do something bad? Now, no one knows more about who is being naughty and nice, yet, He doesn't keep track of all the times we mess up. Instead, He just waits for us to ask forgiveness, then, He gives it freely. And, once He forgives us, HE REMEMBERS OUR SINS NO MORE.

Yeah, this time of year we consider if we are on the naughty list or the nice list. Yet, every day I want to be diligent to be what GOD wants me to be. When I mess up, which happens often, I ask forgiveness, and He freely gives it; that is better than any present you could ever receive from Santa, though, I am hoping for something really special.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T