The psalmist tells us that when we ask God to forgive our sins, he removes them as far as the east is from the west. Do you know how far that is? Truth is, it can't even be measured.

I brought a globe to show you that the east and west are actually further apart than the north and south. If I start here in North America and go north, eventually I get to the top of the globe at the North Pole. If I continue the same direction, I start going south. Eventually the north meets the south.

But if I start in Illinois here and keep going east, when will I start going west? Never. The psalmist says God will remove our sin from us--not as far as the north is from the south, but as far as the east is from the west.