you are already clean

Had a dream about grace and forgiveness last night. We speak of these terms as separate concepts, but they are intimately involved with each other. Forgiveness requires some amount of grace before it can be extended; grace is forgiveness given without merit. Reminded of something a brother expressed a few months ago -- the attributes of God are inter-related, and He is greater than the sum of His virtues.

The dream ended in tears with the message "Because I love you, and I know you're sorry." I like that the LORD takes joy from reminding His children of His heart for them, and it is a wonder I'm not on a street corner with tracts that express this same message to the world.