Hmmm, just stumbled upon a truth: Sometimes we feel that someone has wronged us, but the truth is that jealousy, insecurity or ambition may distort our perspective. Someone who disagrees with us or who hurts our feelings does not necessarily need our forgiveness. Forgiveness operates in the realm of sin, when GODS (not ours) standards of behavior are violated. Many things irritate, annoy, or upset us about someone else. Those may require endurance, but they do not require forgiveness. What I LOVE about this is: it puts the focus BACK on Gods standards, and NOT OURS!! To endure becomes my choice, my challenge to conquer. Instead of self-righteously forgiving or EXPECTING to piously bestow forgiveness...we must step up and say, am I willing to endure this!?.... Does this make sense? It excites me! It takes away our self-importance, and sends us back to class.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:14:51 +0000
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