Acts 13:38- “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”
Pauline arrived home from school one afternoon in April of 1965 to find her mother murdered in her bedroom.
This horrific incident could have caused the ten-year-old to run from God, but thankfully, she did quite the opposite.
She ran to Him for comfort and peace. And when she did, she found purpose for her life.
At the age of twenty-one, Pauline graduated from college, and began a prison ministry that taught forgiveness as its core.
Some forty years after her mother’s death, her killer was apprehended (a cold case file) and convicted. Through her ministry, Pauline was able to lead her mother’s murderer to the Lord.
She declined the invitation to witness his execution, stating that he had been forgiven by her and her God.
Like him, we need to face the consequences of our actions. We are required to pay for our wrongdoings on earth.
But also, like him, when we confess our sins we can know the forgiveness and grace of Christ who died to pay the price for all who will believe.
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