Forgiven Already??

There was this woman I knew who had a sister she loved very much. She worried about her sister after she found out her sis lost everything. "Come stay with me and I'll help you!" the older said to the younger. So, the move was made and it was fun. As kids growing up, they were use to sharing or taking things from each other, especially things that they loved. As the months flew by and summer approached, the younger sister thought "I'll take this from my older sister because she use to take things from me". So, she took it. The older sister realized what she had lost and little sister had to go. She missed her sister as well as the thing her sister took, but was it really worth losing a relationship that they have had all their lives? So, the older sister prayed to God to help her forgive. God helped her eventually and a new love came over her for her sister. Calls were made, lunches were shared and pretty soon, everything was better than before. But one day the sisters were in a closet sharing clothes when it appeared that the younger sister was crouching down to pick something up from the floor. So the older sister took her hand to help her when out of nowhere, the younger sister looked up with tears in her eyes and said to her older sister "Can you ever forgive me, I am sooo sorry?". The older sister now realized the younger sister was on her knees begging for forgiveness. It hit like a ton of bricks and the pain of seeing her little sister like that ... broke her heart. She lifted her up, hugging her and said, "I forgave you a long time ago sissy!". I still cry when I think of that story because I was the older sister. Then I realized how God must feel when I continue to go to Him asking for Him to forgive me for past sins when He already did. Now I just thank the Lord and try to please Him because of my thankfulness to Him for all He has forgiven me of. I rededicated my life to Him and even that relationship is better. And the thing that was taken, was restored and is better than before. "Whoever is without sin, may cast the first stone". Thank you Lord for restoration and forgiving us.