Have you looked at your car lately? Really looked at it? How does it compare now to when it was new? Look at the headlights–do they still sparkle in the sun, or are they dingy? Look at the paint–do the 
metallic flakes still glitter across the hood, finders and doors, or is it dingy?
After a while, every possession we have, including our cars, begins to look dilapidated and dingy. So, how does God see you? Are you not as bright, sparkly, glittery and pristine as you once were? Over time, have you begun to look less impressive to the Lord?
The refreshing reality about forgiveness is that it makes us “new” every time. When a sinner is baptized, he arises to walk in “newness of life” (Rom. 6:4)–clean and pristine. When a Christian sins, repents and asks the Lord for forgiveness, the same blood of Jesus “cleanses” (1 John 1:7, 9) as it did in baptism and makes him “re-newed” in the eyes of God (Col. 3:10)–as clean and pristine as he ever was. When God looks at his forgiven child, after forgiving him/her for the four-thousandth time, the child is bright, glittery, clean and pristine–not dingy!