Written Again in Whole

Every cell in your body is under constant attack. Ultraviolet light, oxidative stress, even the simple act of breathing — all of it damages your DNA thousands of times each day. Left uncorrected, those breaks and errors would spiral into disease and death.

But the body doesn't leave you to those wounds.

In 2015, scientists Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, and Aziz Sancar won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how cells repair damaged DNA. Through intricate molecular processes, specialized proteins scan the genetic code, locate the damage, snip it out, and rewrite the correct sequence — restoring the original design as if the break never happened. Thousands of times. Every single day. Without your awareness or effort.

This is what forgiveness looks like in the hands of the Almighty.

We arrive before Him broken — the genetic code of our souls corrupted by sin, by wounds we've inflicted and wounds we've received. The damage is real. But the God who engineered DNA into living cells has also engineered a repair mechanism into the fabric of grace. Through Christ, He does not merely patch over the break — He rewrites the sequence. He restores the original design.

The psalmist understood this: "He forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases" (Psalm 103:3).

God's forgiveness isn't a cover-up. It's a restoration. And like the cells in your body, He begins that work long before you even notice you're broken.