For when you’ve got it wrong: verses about a God who forgives and makes things new.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1 John 1:9
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.Psalm 103:10
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.Psalm 103:11
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.Psalm 103:12
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Isaiah 1:18
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.Romans 8:1
“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Luke 15:20
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.2 Corinthians 5:17