God's DEBT
St .Augustine in his work Confessions spoke poetically about the constant prayer of his mother for his salvation . In one part he expressed how ...." in her ceaseless prayers she laid them them before you as though they were pledges signed by your hand."for, since your mercy endures forever* by your promises you deign to become a debtor to those whom you release from every debt. " *(Psalm 118 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.) His mother brought God's promises from scripture to him in her prayers. Reading this I suddenly understood what St .Augustine was saying , a truth that we sometimes overlook in our reading of Scripture and in our own prayers. God with each covenant the has made whether the one with Adam and Eve, through Abraham, to the promises made to the children of Abraham ,through Moses on Sinai - Deuteronomy and in Jesus Christ each one made God the creator, the Alpha and Omega a debtor to his creation !! How doe