Day before Good Friday 2020

+When you make a mistake... you use your white-out and cover it over... blotting out the mistake so you can rewrite over it. Of course, the remnant white-out is still visible... you know that it's there. It actually stands out - calls attention to the error by the whiteness that doesn't match the soft ivory color of the page. When My blood is applied to the sins of your life, they disappear and it is as though they never were! They are not covered over (like the sins of the Israelites through the blood of lambs and goats) they are removed! This is the difference between the old and the new covenants. There is a mystery here that cannot be discerned by the intellect. All sin has been dealt with... payed-for in full... no tell-tale signs remaining, pointing out (like the white-out) the earlier status as a sinner. The familiar illustration of the judge declaring, "Not Guilty!" is a good one. 

So, why am I talking about white-out and forgiveness and sin? Because tomorrow is the day. It's called Good Friday, but for Me, in many ways, it wasn't a good day! It was the darkest, most painful day in all creation, for all time, because it separated Me from the Goodness of My Father.  Sin had to be dealt with. It had to be destroyed. No movie... no scripture... no imagination can truly fathom the depth of this pain... the cost of this redemption... what it took to absorb all sin of all time (pedophilia - sex trafficking- cruelty of all sorts - slavery of all kinds - on and on and on and on ) I absorbed it ALL into Myself and hung in shame, alone and abandoned. I chose this. I chose it because My Father was willing to see Me suffer to save His beloved creation. It was the only way. I defeated the princes and powers of darkness and even death. I defeated the ruler of this earth and destroyed his ability to triumph over the Father's children. 

Never take for granted your blood-bought status as a righteous, sin-free, daughter of the King. When you are confronted with the depth of evil in the world - Do. Not. Judge! The only reason you are righteous is because you belong to Me. When you encounter the massive evil and cruelty in the world, let it make you very aware of the suffering I endured. And pray. Pray for their souls...that they turn from their ways to Me.

Give thanks to your Good, Good Father for His plan of salvation. His plan is to wipe out ALL evil...all sin... once and for all. Give thanks that He did it for you because His Love for you is intimate and eternal. He sees you as sinless - sin-free because You live and move and have your being in Me.

On this Good Friday, recognize the enormity of this transaction and pray that eyes will be opened to My saving Power. All your sins have been buried... never more to e remembered. This should alter the way you live every day of your redeemed life.