「上帝一直對我們很好！在這結婚周年紀念日，我要感謝上帝。」泰蕊的聲音平穩，眼中的淚水顯出她一片真心。小組裡的成員都深受感動，因我們知道泰蕊跟她丈夫羅伯過去這些年飽受磨難。羅伯是基督徒，但因嚴重的精神疾病突然發作，不幸奪走了他們四歲女兒的生命。過後，他需要在精神病院待幾十年，但泰蕊經常去探望他。上帝施行美好的醫治，幫助泰蕊原諒羅伯。儘管他們內心還是悲痛欲絕，但卻愈發彼此相愛。

這樣的愛與寬恕僅出自一個源頭。大衛指出上帝「沒有按我們的罪過待我們，……東離西有多遠，祂叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠！」（詩篇103篇10、12節）

上帝向我們展現的憐憫，源自於祂廣闊的愛，「天離地何等的高，祂的慈愛向敬畏祂的人也是何等的大！」（11節）祂那長闊高深的愛，促使祂甘願被釘十架、邁向墳墓的深處，除去我們的罪，好叫祂能將所有「接待祂的」人（約翰福音1章12節），帶進祂的家中。

泰蕊說得沒錯。「上帝一直對我們很好！」祂的愛與寬恕所超越的界限是你我無法想像的，以至祂賜予我們永無止境的生命。

“God has been so good to us! I want to thank Him for our anniversary.” Terry’s voice was steady, and the tears in her eyes showed her sincerity. Those in our small group were deeply moved. We knew what past years had held for Terry and her husband. Though a believer, Robert suffered from the sudden onset of severe mental illness and had taken the life of their four-year-old daughter. He would be institutionalized for decades, but Terry visited him, and God did a beautiful healing work, helping her forgive. Despite profound heartache, their love for each other grew.

Love and forgiveness like that could only come from one source. David writes about God this way, “He does not treat us as our sins deserve . . . . As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:10, 12).

The mercy God shows us comes through His expansive love: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love” for us (v. 11). Love so profound compelled Him to go to the depths of the cross and grave to take away our sins so that He could bring all who “receive him” (John 1:12) home to Himself.

Terry was right. “God has been so good to us!” His love and forgiveness reach beyond unthinkable boundaries and offer us life that never ends.