Forgiving One Another

Hey my blog readers,

I hope that you are enjoying your week. I also hope that you enjoyed your Easter (a.k.a. Resurrection Day).

Mine was great. I wanted to talk about forgiveness. I feel like God has been urging me to talk about this.

Forgiveness can be a hard thing to do. In Matthew 6:12, it says ,"Forgive our tresspasses, as we forgive those who have tresspassed against us". When we walk or walk with God, we want to be as close to Him as possible. But, I am a witness that forgiveness can be a very tough thing. When someone has betrayed or hurt you, you have to swallow your hurt and pride and forgive that person.

Ephesians 4:32 reads, "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted , forgiving one another even as God in Christ forgave you".

If God can forgive us, we definately can forgive others. I recently had this conversation with a friend who said that he feels that many people do not realize that they have hurt us. This goes with Luke 23:34, Jesus says, ".. Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." The Lord said this while he was being crucified. This is inconceivable to some. But if He could do it, so can we.

Lauryn Hill's song "Forgive Him Father" is based on the Luke 23:34. She sings out, "

Beware the false motives of others

Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers

And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you, to you

They say all the right things to gain their position

Then use your kindness as their ammunition

To shoot you down in the name of ambition, they do

Forgive them father for they know not what they do

Forgive them father for they know not what they do..."

Lauryn was definately on to something... We may do things that hurt God, but he forgives us.

We are all human. We all fall short of the glory of God. We can expect that people (even those

who we love) will disappoint or hurt us at one point of our lives. We may do the same. But,

we must remind ourselves... If God can forgive, so can we! It's a challenge, but not impossible.

                                                                                     Until Next Time...

                                      

                                                                                     God is good :-)

                                                                                     KinkyCurlyYoungLady

                                                                             

Making God Smile, Genesis 6:5-9

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD"

I love the scriptures above. We see that God was not pleased with the evil in the world. But, there was one man that won God's grace; his name was "Noah". I always like to see how the Bible relates to us today.
It's a great thing to be able to make God smile. The fact that God repented creating the earth in the beginning, really reveals how our sins hurt him. But, the good things (with a pure heart) that we do, makes him smile. He knows that all is not lost.

Great Song: "God Has Smiled On Me". - Mary Mary

"That they all may be as one.... may believe that thou hast sent me".

"That they all may be one;as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us that the world may believe that thou hast sent me". -John 17:21

The scripture above was focused on in Bible Study last night. I love it because Jesus highlights how we are all workers in the body of Christ. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. The most important thing that he asks for is for us to believe that God sacraficed His only begotten son.


We may not be able to be perfect, but we can strive to be like Him. It is a challenge, but God is with you the whole way through :-)