Psalm 103:11-12

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
As far as the east is from the west,
    So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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Looking up into the sky (especially on such a clear blue sky day like today), I feel like there's no end to it. The blue just goes on and on and on... Even when I try to stretch as tall as I can -- standing on my tippy toes, lifting my arms way above my head, really trying to reach up -- there's still so much space between the tips of my fingers and the end of the sky. Aaaaall that blue sky... that's how much lovingkindness He has toward us.

No matter where I am, by definition, the east will always be on the opposite side of the west. If I'm facing north, the east will be on my right and the west will be on my left; there will never be a circumstance where the east and west will both be on my left side. East and west won't ever meet; the space between them is infinite. That infinite space, infinite distance... that's how far God has taken our sins away from us.

Only God loves us like that and only God takes away our sins like that. And He does all this because He's God. There's truly no one quite like Him.


Amazing love, how can it be? That You my King would die for me?