A Story of Someone who Received "Complete Forgiveness"

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/19/2017 8:31 PM

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus:  PT-1 Complete Forgiveness

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Colossians 2:13-14

            Message of the verses:  “13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”

            I have a story to tell as we think about what complete forgiveness is all about.  The story is about a lady who goes to our church and I will do my best to tell her story as I remember it.

            This lady has a burden for the unborn as she and others she knows will stand out in front of an abortion clinic in a city near us.  They do this because they know that abortion is wrong and from time to time some of the ladies will come and talk to them which gives them an opportunity to talk to them about the Lord and about the forgiveness that He offers them.

            A few weeks ago there was a lady in a car who stopped to talk to this lady asking her why she does what she does.  The lady in the car stopped because she had had an abortion and felt great guilt about it.  My friend got her phone number and then got an email or text from her telling her that she wanted to meet with her and talk.  They set up a time and to the surprise of my friend a different woman showed up but she had the same name as the first woman in the car.  My friend gave her a Bible and showed her that she could be forgiven by the Lord for having an abortion.  This lady had never even read a Bible and knew nothing about forgiveness through Jesus Christ, knew nothing about complete forgiveness that could only come through His finished word on the cross.  At some time during their talk this lady broke down as she heard about the gospel and at that moment she accepted the forgiveness that Christ offers and the complete forgiveness that only comes through the finished work of Christ on the cross. 

            I tell this story because it is true, and I tell this story because I do not know who will read it as the Holy Spirit can take this around the world and show it to someone who needs to hear it, who is suffering from guilt, guilt perhaps an abortion or some other sin that is weighing them down and they need to hear this story of having complete forgiveness.  It is my desire to begin looking at this section from Colossians in my next Spiritual Diary, but for now I pray that the Spirit of God will take this SD to someone who is in need of reading it.