"You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl our iniquities into the depths of the sea."
Micah 7:19
Have you ever sorely regretted a sin you committed against someone? You apologized profusely, the wronged person assured your forgiveness, yet they kept bringing it up? Like a bandage that kept getting ripped off a wound, you could not heal. Sometimes, I'm glad humans have great memories; other times, not.
Close your eyes and imagine God grinding his heel into your sin, pulverizing all likes of it into the ground. Or he's standing on a high cliff over a raging sea holding all your regrets in a black bag. With all his might, he chucks it into the sea as far as he can! Do you think he's interested in seeing if it floats to the surface so he can reopen it and rummage through all your stuff? No.
God sent his beloved Son into the world to forgive sins, not to condemn us. He does not want anyone to perish. He is loving, patient and compassionate.
If you have something you just cannot forgive yourself for, put it into the baggage, stand beside the God of the universe and chuck it as far as you can! Then the two of you can get on with life, reconciled, redeemed and renewed.
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