"If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
- I John 1:9

I couldn't believe my eyes.

I found myself walking into a large video library.  It was similar to a regular library, only instead of books, this library had shelves filled with video tapes.  Hundreds, even thousands of video tapes lined the walls and halls of this place.  I couldn't believe there were so many videos available.

It quickly became clear to me that these weren't ordinary videos.  EVERY video in the place was actual footage of MY life.  Someone had videotaped my every move for all 31 years of my life and had every minute catalogued in this library.  Nothing was missed, but rather everything that I had ever done was available on the countless videos in this room.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

But, the real shock came when I checked out the titles of some of the videos.  Shame filled my heart when I read titles like, "October 12, 1974, Age 4, Stole a stuffed teddy bear from a friends house."  Then, there was "March 22, 1980, Age 10, Cheated on a math test."  It didn't stop there, "June 4, 1985, Age 15, Became drunk with alcohol."

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Oh, but these weren't the end of the library.  There were titles everywhere.  Titles like, "May 7, 1990, Age 20, Lusted after a sorority girl."  And "May 8, 1990, Age 20, Cursed out a co-worker." 

And these weren't just isolated dates and activities, there were videos for EVERY day of my life.  In fact, there were dozens of videos for every day of my life, chronicling my every move!

I couldn't believe my eyes.

It was then that the compilation series caught my eyes.  Apparently there were so many occassions of these events that they were put together on a "greatest hits" video collection!  I saw titles like, "Lies I Have Told - Volumes 1-20."  There were "Filthy Movies I Have Watched" and "Ungodly Music I Have Listened To."  The shelves were filled with video collections like, "Times I was Disrespectful To My Parents," "Friends I Betrayed," "Times I Cheated My Employer," "Gossip I Have Told" and two startling collections entitled simply, "The Seven Deadly Sins Exposed" and "The 10 Commandments Broken."

I bowed my head in shame.  Could it be possible that I had really done all of these things?  And yet, here were dates, times, titles and actual video capturing me in the act.  There was no denying it.  I was guilty of all of these things.

I wanted to leave, but something inside of me prompted me to pop one of the videos into a nearby VCR.  I was a bit hesitant to watch myself doing such evil, but the urge was so strong that I placed a nearby video into the VCR and pressed PLAY.

The video began to play, but the screen was blank!  How odd.  Somehow the footage was gone.  I grabbed another video, placed it in the VCR and again pressed PLAY.  It too was blank.

I tried video after video and they were all blank!

I couldn't believe my eyes.

How could these videos all be blank.  I had done these things.  I knew I was guilty and yet the evidence had been destroyed.  The videos were all blank!

It was then I noticed a video that was off to itself.  It seemed to have a glow about it.  I quickly went over to the isolated video and popped it in the VCR.  As it entered the VCR I noticed the title of this video as it began to play...

..."The Day I Accepted Christ As My Savior."

I watched as I went down the aisle and knelt down to pray and asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins.  I watched as a changed person, a forgiven and freed person, stood up and walked back to the pew.

It was then that I realized why all of those videos were blank.  Jesus had erased each of them when I accepted His forgiveness of my sins. 

He took that footage of all of my sins and transgressions and destroyed the evidence against me by covering it with His blood and cleansing me of it all.  The only footage that remained was of that important decision I made when I decided to trust in Him.

Do you have such a scene to watch from your life?

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!