I was walking home last night praying, as one does, searching myself to see what I needed forgiveness for. It was raining lightly and I was pondering how sometimes I really feel God's forgiveness, and other times I can't feel it much. Particularly when I've done something I do often or just happened without hardly a chance to stop, versus when I've really messed up, made a conscious effort to sin and just completely blown it. After I repent from those moments is when I feel so incredibly forgiven. So as I'm asking God why that is, I realize that while it is not downpouring, it is still raining. In the same way, forgiveness comes in applicable sizes. Some sin stains take more washing than other. Thankfully, no sin stain is too much for Jesus' blood to wash away!
(Theological note - all sin is still sin, big and small alike, and caries the same eternal penalty, separation from God.)
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