A Drop of Water
…a true story
Angelica loved
the ocean and while attending a West Coast Seminar, she had the opportunity to
visit the beach and watch the waves roll in toward her feet. She kept calling to them from the sand, “Roll
in, come on roll in closer to me.” All
of a sudden, one huge wave rolled in so fast and furiously, she stood there
petrified. “Run” the onlookers cried but
frozen with fear, she couldn’t move,.
The wave came up to her knees then gently rolled back, leaving a drop of
water on her hand. When she looked at
it, she saw a beautiful glistening circle and thought, “this is too beautiful
for me,” and threw it back into the ocean.
Then she heard the voice of the Lord speaking to her. “Angelica, that spot of water is like your
sins and the ocean you threw it in is like My Mercy.” He then asked her, “Can you find that spot of
water now?” she replied, “No, Lord, I
could never find that small drop of water in the ocean.” “Then you can never
find your sins again in my Ocean of Mercy.”
Angelica
never forgot that lesson and when people ask her how they can ever feel
forgiven for their horrible sins of the past, even though they have confessed
them, she reminds them that their sins are gone, forgotten, lost forever in
God’s unfathomable and boundless ocean of forgiveness and profound love. A great reminder and measure of hope for us all.