“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”  Barack Obama

Barack Obama’s words continue to ring true.  As each year passes, we have more “fallen heroes” who have died in the service of our country, serving so that we might enjoy freedom.  Today, on Memorial Day, we pause to remember them and to honor them.  The American flag flies over their graves, as a token of our respect.

With my full respect to our fallen heroes, this thought about owing a debt which we can never repay reminds me of the sacrifice made by our Lord Jesus.  He sacrificed his life for us, so that we might have freedom from sin.  We owe him a debt that we cannot even begin to repay.  We can honor him, thank him, bow down to him, but never can we repay the price he paid.

What does this mean?  No depth of guilt, no quantity of tears, no amount of repentance can make ours a payable debt.  Our forgiveness comes only through faith by grace.  It comes by God’s mercy through the blood of Jesus Christ.  It is a debt we cannot repay.  Thanks be to God for the forgiveness he so freely offers to the repentant heart.

Judy