"If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared."
Everyone's problems all, at base, have to do with forgiveness. Human beings' biggest issue is sin against God. To know that your sins are actually forgiven in the blood atonement of Christ, apprehended by grace through faith alone, is the greatest singular blessing you may enjoy--in this world, and the next.
That knowledge opens up for you the very face of God. You know that you are loved by Him, even though you're still a sinner (down here). It is hard to believe that such a perfect God could actually love His church--even after their sins are gone--but it is our blessed responsibility to believe this precious truth.
[Puritan quote of the day: "In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, among that cloud of witnesses, we see Rahab, Gideon, and Samson ranked with Abraham, the father of the faithful (Heb. 11:31-32)."
--Richard Sibbes, in "The Bruised Reed"]
