TSK · Luke 23:43

Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said,“I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD.” And then you forgave my sins.(Selah)

Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?

“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.