I'm back again, and I hope to keep this pace going. It will take a lot of effort on my part, prayer and recognizing the need to spread the Word. I pray that I keep in time with what God expects of me and that I reach more than just a few non believers and help them to see the Light!
As promised
in the last post, forgiveness is an entire post on its own, so here goes my
theories on forgiveness according to my understanding in the Bible. Like it,
love it, hate it, or ignore it your choice as it is one of the most confusing
gifts God gave us (free will that is).
Mark 11:25-26
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive
him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if
you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
This verse
is written in RED. That means a lot right there. It is not a suggestion, do not
take it lightly! This is the WORD, and it is meant to be followed. Nowhere did
He promise us it would be easy, not since Eve bit the apple, He did promise us
that He would love us and be there for us always. Forgiveness can be one of the
hardest things we chose to do, it takes considerable effort to forgive someone
who hurts you, trust me I speak from experience. However, if you forgive your
enemies God will forgive you. They sin against you, and Him, likely because
they know Him not, or they simply chose not to listen to Him. I try to teach my
children that no matter what happens in life God is there for them. He makes it
easy, we make it hard! Now does this mean that my teenager is going to be happy
when her friends leave her out of the next party, no! Do I encourage her to
forgive them for hurting her feelings, well of course, because God tells us
too. Will she forgive them right away? Most likely not, but if she prays about
it and listens to the still small voice she will eventually and the party after
that will get an invite and forget all about the one where they didn’t invite
her. Simple you say, when it is a silly thing like that, but her trials are
different, it is easy to forget how emotional being a teenager can be. Is her
party as detrimental to life as say a murder? NO WAY, but families of the dead
publicly forgive murderers all the time. I’m sure it isn’t easy for them and no
they will never forget what was done. But, for their own salvation they are
willing to forgive the most heinous of crimes. Then why can’t we forgive the
simple ones? I see so many people speak evil of their loved ones (friends and
families alike) that it sickens me to the pit of my stomach. I’m pained to see
what this earth is coming to as my children grow up into an un Christ-like society.
Last I looked into history this country was started by true God fearing men, we
are no longer in a position to call the home I love Christ-like, but I will
forgive the leaders and the lawmakers, for they know not how strong my God is
and only He can judge them in the end!
Please,
teach your children that forgiveness in necessary, the more unlike Christ this
nation becomes, the more we need our children to stand up for Him! I will pray
for you all today, as I do every day. I
will pray that one day soon, our nation will remember where it came from and
who will save them from their iniquities!
~May God’s
Light Shine Upon You Daily~
