No one can teach forgiveness like the forgiven

In today’s Beth Moore lesson two statements stood out to me the most: No one can teach forgiveness like the forgiven & Grace never draws a line with a willing soul. I know that I have received more forgiveness than I could ever begin to count. I have tried to show, tell, and/or explain a fraction of the forgiveness I have received to a few others.

 Who I am today is a result of the forgiveness and grace I have received. I am a willing soul that seeks forgiveness & grace continually. Without it, I have no purpose; without it, I have no need for existence; without it, I am a lonely, bitter person that finds fault in everyone and everything; without it, I am miserable. I have tried the life that doesn’t seek forgiveness and refuses to accept the grace so freely offered. It was a life filled without hope or joy & completely devoid of love. 

I want and need the grace offered. I gladly accept it. And I have lots to teach others about forgiveness, because I have been forgiven so often.  Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.