Get Up With God
Howdy,
So I found this site "getupwithgod.com" and it is really good, especially because it gives me some topic to think about throughout the day. Today, I read an old entry about Forgiving One Another and the story that he put really wrecked me. He wrote about post-WWII and how a pastor who had survived the concentration camps preached about forgiveness. At the end of the sermon, one of the guards from her camp, whom she had remembered, came up to her and said that he had become a Christian and believes that God forgave him for all the wrong things he had done, but he wanted to hear from her that she forgave him. At first, she was reluctant to forgive him, but the Holy Spirit came upon her as she shook his hand and He pretty much wrecked them.
This just got me thinking that despite everything that everyone has done to me in my life, I can get over myself, feelings and all, and forgive them. Whether it was being teased in grade school or being severely wounded by my best friend at age 10, I can forgive them just as I have been forgiven. Forgiveness certainly does break chains and bonds formed long ago. Jesus forgave the guards that whipped, cursed, mocked and spat on Him. He said, "forgive them, for the know not what they are doing". I found myself saying that same thing when I went over all the people whom I needed to forgive during my quiet time. They really didn't know what they were doing or what the outcome would be from that situation. My best friend didn't know that saying he didn't want to be friends anymore would cause such a huge heart wound, he was 10 years old! If Jesus can forgive me for turning away from Him everyday, then I can forgive Juan.
Pabs
