When I was little, my sisters and I had our favorites 'must-see' spots at our local zoo. One of the spots we all loved going to was the bird house. We would speed walk past until we came to one of our favorite exhibits--a huge glass container of water, ducks, and duck poop. There was a corner in the glass exhibit that had a gush of water constantly pouring out of it. The stream of water was small, but the water rushed out at a fast speed, making a current in that corner. We spent hours sitting at that corner, laughing and pointing as the ducks crowded around that stream and tried to swim against it. The current pushed them against the wall, banging their heads, and they picked up their strength again and tried to fight the current once more. Every time we went to that exhibit it was the same--ducks fighting the strong current, only to get pushed back and bumped into the glass wall. We loved watching the dumb ducks banging their heads against the glass after failing their mission of fighting the current.
When we genuinely ask for forgiveness, God forgives us. Psalms 103:10-12 says, "He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." Thankfully for us, He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve. Jesus paid the price for our sins. The bigger question is--do we forgive ourselves? After we mess up, it's easier to ask God for forgiveness, but it can be more difficult to forgive ourselves for what we did. There's no point in banging our heads against the glass. If God forgives us of our sins, shouldn't we forgive ourselves of it?
Kayla Joy
