Forgiveness

Forgiveness....

In the dictionary forgiveness means the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven. But what does forgiving mean, forgiving means to stop feeling angry or resentful toward (someone) for an offense, flaw, or mistake. Forgiveness is a hard thing to do when someone has hurt you especially someone you love and care for. We talked about this word at campus outreach a couple of Wednesdays ago. Ephesians 4:30-32 says "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

Me forgiving someone meant getting back at them and hurting them like they hurt me but two negatives do not make a positive. Now I know it does in a science world but for example in a relationship if I cheated that doesn't mean he has to cheat. Now I look at my life and try to forgive someone without some kind of pain, which is hard...very hard.

Where do we find the strength to forgive?

I didnt know the answer to this question until campus outreach. We forgive through the gospel. We need to find satisfaction in Him and not the world. We ought to Trust Him and have everlasting Faith with Him.

I heard this analogy awhile ago and it has kept with me. We do not go to the shower clean, we go to the shower to get clean. Meaning we should not go to God clean, we go to God to get clean. I always thought my life had to be perfect to go to Him but it doesn't. He forgives me just like He forgives you for everything no matter how large the sin may be and thats what I love so much about Him. But I also know there aren't many second chances to know Him and we never know when He will return but what I do know is that we all should know Him before judgement day. I don't know if any of this is making a lot of sense, I've never written anything so excuse me if my thoughts are not in a perfect order so I hope someone will get something out of this. I do love you guys and will forever love you.