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Nothing makes us feel more nostalgic than Christmas. Our nostalgia is often pictured in the miniature cities that we set up around our homes. These towns are made of city halls, train stations and drug stores. We probably never lived in a town like this, but we can imagine that we did.
These miniature cities possess the power to take us back to our childhood where we might remember things a little better than they really were...and that's okay.
Through the baby, God has dealt with the failures of our past. These failures have met their end in Jesus.
"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25 English Standard Version
Why does God emphasize the fact that he is the one who will not remember our sins? It is because you and I have this great capacity to remember sins, ours and others. God has the ability to forgive and forget.
Through the mercy of Christ on his cross God doesn't remember your sins. The ability to look back at the past, both recent and distant, and remember them with more fondness than deserved comes from the mercy of God in Christ.
The miniature cities that we place in our homes have the power not only to help us embrace the fact of forgiveness, but to look forward to the fulfillment of God's promise. God has a place prepared for us with him.
We can't imagine the beauty of that place.
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These miniature cities possess the power to take us back to our childhood where we might remember things a little better than they really were...and that's okay.
Through the baby, God has dealt with the failures of our past. These failures have met their end in Jesus.
"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25 English Standard Version
Why does God emphasize the fact that he is the one who will not remember our sins? It is because you and I have this great capacity to remember sins, ours and others. God has the ability to forgive and forget.
Through the mercy of Christ on his cross God doesn't remember your sins. The ability to look back at the past, both recent and distant, and remember them with more fondness than deserved comes from the mercy of God in Christ.
The miniature cities that we place in our homes have the power not only to help us embrace the fact of forgiveness, but to look forward to the fulfillment of God's promise. God has a place prepared for us with him.
We can't imagine the beauty of that place.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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