A Vision of Forgiveness

I mess up all the time, and some days it seems like I go from failure to failure at warp speed.  I was lamenting again over having blown it a few days ago and the Lord showed me something amazing.  He showed me my life line from beginning to end.  He reminded me that this is how he sees my life.  He sees it all from beginning to end.  Then he showed me the point of salvation.  It seemed like a salve was being put on my life line and when the ointment touched my life line the entire line turned red and bright. He showed me this as a representation of what happens to us when we accept Jesus Christ as our savior and Lord.  God knows everything that we have ever done and will do.  When we receive Jesus it is all under the blood; it's all covered.  While we still suffer the stings of our failures as we travel down our life line, God has already grieved and remedied the situation through Jesus.  Can you imagine being God and knowing all of the horrible decisions that every person in the world would make before creating us?  I don't know that I would have created myself if I knew all the havoc I would reek on this world.  Thank God for his love and his vision of forgiveness.  Even before we mess up God forgave us for everything, and all we have to do is receive that forgiveness through accepting the invitation to God's table through Jesus.  Lord help us to forgive others and to forgive ourselves.  Lord help us to receive your forgiveness and your love through Jesus your son. Our part in this forgiveness vision is to move forward.  We have to repent and then move forward in a better way.  It is completely unnecessary for any of us to be dragged along in our lives by guilt.  When we accept Jesus we aren't slaves to sin any more unless we choose to be.  God has liberated us and brought us into a newness of life.  Love, Forgive, and Be Forgiven.  This is the way of the Christian, and this is the life I am striving to live.   Let's let ourselves be forgiven and start living in a way that shows that we are loved and accepted in Christ.
Collossians 2:13 says, "And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;"