Has anyone ever hurt you? Have you been overlooked by someone? The fact of the matter is that we all have been hurt at one time or another, its what we do with that hurt that matters. The Bible speaks about forgiveness a whole lot. There is just something about this act called forgiveness that has power that the human really cant understand. It is so powerful how the God of the universe came up with this concept called forgiveness.
Jesus is the very image of forgiveness, He gave us the ultimate example. True forgiveness comes from a heart of love, and the only way to know that kind of love is to know the God of love. Forgiveness is a choice, just like love is a choice, but when you have been hurt its alot easier said than done. Jesus promised us that we would go through tribulation, and that includes being hurt by others. Forgiveness has a way of freeing us, and helping us look at the offender in the same way that God views them, with love.
It's important to understand that real forgiveness means that you can really release the person, and Jesus gives us a perfect example of how that is done. He sat down and ate with them. Remember, His disciples all left Him, but when He rose from the grave, He found them and sat with them and loved them. To truly forgive, means that you can act the same way you use to act with them before they hurt you. What would stop someone from forgiving?
Pride. Pride is that thing that keeps the offense ever before us. It has to be the most prideful person who can not forgive someone else for something they did to you, but forget all the times that we hurt, betrayed, and offended the Lord. Pride can keep us from being free, from being liberated. Forgiveness is not for the other person, it's for us.
Let us forgive as God forgave.
Love
Dee
"Till the culture knows."
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