we forgive others because God forgave us. but we have the curse of sin. so it is only through our faith in jesus that we have the power to forgive. our finite minds cannot fathom the depth of God's love for us. we understand only what we have experienced ourselves. i feel i have experienced God's forgiveness through other people. my past caused pain and hurt to those closest to me, and yet they always received me with open arms. never questioning. never ridiculing. never judging or preaching. just loving me.
how did they get to that point? that understanding of love. did they experience it themselves? i know that they were forever praying for me; lifting me up to God. total trust, man. total trust.
so by the example of forgiveness that they gave, i came to deeper understanding of just how deep the Father's love for us truly is. so many times over and over, the devil tricks us into thinking we can forgive on our own. that we have the capacity in our souls to forgive. to trust. to completely forget. on our own. with no help.
reality is the foot of the cross. that connection that we have through faith in what the cross represents is all we've got. do we dare say we need anyhting else? how do you tell students this and expect them to understand when the only way you have understanding is through God's graceful giving of Jesus? Ephesians 6 says "out of His glorious riches", His unlimited resources do we obtain the strength to forgive, to love. may we continue to experience God as to be "filled to the measure" of of His fullness.
Friday, June 02, 2006
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