"That has no forgiveness from God" is a phrase I said and heard many times, and I believed it.

There was a time in my life when I had accumulated so many mistakes, with so many people, causing so much damage, pain and sadness that I was ashamed to admit it. Acknowledging it was impossible. I was looking for culprits everywhere trying to justify my actions.

Shame, sorrow, guilt, impotence, frustration and other negative feelings surfaced and I didn't know what to do. How could I expect or even think that any of the people I had hurt would forgive me? I lived in the prison of my guilt.

"The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness" Jeremiah 31:3.

There I discovered God's Mercy: Refers to the capacity to feel the distress of others. It manifests itself in kindness, assistance to the needy, especially in forgiveness and reconciliation.

Mercy is such a powerful word that I could see that God understood my unhappiness, loved me, forgave me and also wanted to help me. Knowing this about God's love changed my life.

"But God demonstrates his love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.

Jesus died for us, He died for me. But not because of my guilt but because He desired, in His eternal love, to free me from all my mistakes, from all my sins; there is no guilt, there is forgiveness in God's love. The only thing He asks in return is to believe in Him. "..... so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life".

Believe in Him, believe Him. Believe that everything His word says is what our lives need; in His word there is love, forgiveness, redemption and freedom from all guilt.

I invite you to live that truth every day, no matter what or how many mistakes you have made; Christ died for you and me, for our freedom and salvation.

God bless you!

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