Romans 2
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to
repentance?
God and his kindness, tolerance and patience – leads us
gently toward repentance. He’s that kind
of father, not the one who prods us into line by jabbing us in the side and
attacking our character.
Sometimes we think horrible thoughts about ourselves, that we
are sorry, we are no good, and God must not like us. Those thoughts are not true.
The truth is that He loves us, he wants the best for us, and
he is longsuffering and patient to brings us into that love, as we continually
bend toward that kindness – and not away.
That’s what true repentance is – bending toward the kindness
of God in a way that causes us to fall on our knees in reverence and awe at his
goodness and love to us.
Don’t ever think lightly of it.
Give thanks for it.
And receive it.
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