Every Christian I have ever met struggles with at least one thing spiritually and mine is accepting forgiveness from God. I have the hardest time realizing that God loves me so unconditionally that he will just wipe the slate clean every time I ask for forgiveness. God decided to show me that his love is incomparable and that my sins are always forgiven.
About a month ago I finished the book of Proverbs, which I loved, and I was praying trying to seek wisdom on what book of the Bible I should read next and I kept hearing in my spirit to read Luke 2. I brushed it off the first couple times I heard it because I honestly didn't think it was going to be all that interesting and I was fairly certain I knew what it was about. After a couple more days of having Luke 2 on my heart I decided to take a peek at what it was and I was right, I knew exactly what it was about, the birth of Jesus. Knowing I had learned about the birth of Jesus at least 20 times in my life I decided not to read it. A few days later I was texting one of my best friends and I asked him to pick a random book, chapter, and verse for me to read. He replied Luke 2:12. Knowing he had no idea that the Lord had put Luke 2 on my heart to read I was very excited to see what this verse was going to be. I looked it up and it read as follows in the NKJV:
"And this will be a sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger."
This verse touched me and I remember crying upon reading it. Everything just clicked for me. Jesus in the manger is the ultimate symbol of love and forgiveness. God sent his only son to the earth out of love to die and pay the price for all sins. God really cared enough for me to remember this so he gave me a verse with a clear declaration, "And this will be a sign to you, [Ariel]." He reminded me that my sins are forgiven and that he loves me so much he sent his own son to die for me, just like he did for you.
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