Thank you for redeeming my debts.

 Thank You for Making My Debts Clean

A Reflection on Colossians 2:13-14 and Matthew 6:12

Thank You for making my debts clean—not a ledger balanced by my tears,

Not a payment made by my striving over years.

But a cancellation, a cross-shaped receipt,

Where my debts were nailed and my freedom made complete.

And you, being dead in your trespasses... He made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us... and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. (Colossians 2:13-14, NKJV)

The debt was real—every sin, every shame,

Every broken promise, every hidden blame.

A record of guilt stood against my name,

A ledger of failure, of loss and of pain.

But You took the list, the long, damning scroll,

And You nailed it to the cross, making my wounded soul whole.

Not by erasing, but by paying the cost,

With the blood of the Lamb, with the life that was lost.

“Father, forgive them...” (Luke 23:34)

Thank You for making my debts clean—not just reduced,

But wiped away, fully pardoned, of all sin absolved and loosed.

No collection agency of the enemy can come to collect,

For the payment of Jesus is final, complete, correct.

So I owe no juggling of good works to earn favor again.

I owe only love, only gratitude, only amen.

My debts are clean, my slate is white,

I walk in forgiveness, I live in the light.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:11-12)

Thank You, Jesus. My debt is paid in full.

My peace is secure, my future is full.

No longer a debtor, but a child of the King.

Thank You for making my debts clean. I sing.

Amen.