Thoughts from the desk of a preacher of the church of Christ.
Friday, 10 April 2009
“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”
C.S. Lewis
2 comments:
townboy
said...
Sometimes we may not really want forgiveness--you see, when I'm forgiven and accept and appreciate thAt forgiveness, it calls for me to change so that I won't need to be forgiven by that person again and again and again- tb
Maybe you're right townboy, forgiveness costs. When we forgive someone it costs us. If someone breaks something that is ours and we forgive them, WE have to carry the cost. If someone hurts us and we forgive them, we have to carry that hurt. When God forgave us, it cost Him - it cost him the life of His Son Jesus. Yes it costs, but if He has forgiven us, really don't we have to forgive others?
2 comments:
Sometimes we may not really want forgiveness--you see, when I'm forgiven and accept and appreciate thAt forgiveness, it calls for me to change so that I won't need to be forgiven by that person again and again and again- tb
Maybe you're right townboy, forgiveness costs. When we forgive someone it costs us. If someone breaks something that is ours and we forgive them, WE have to carry the cost. If someone hurts us and we forgive them, we have to carry that hurt. When God forgave us, it cost Him - it cost him the life of His Son Jesus. Yes it costs, but if He has forgiven us, really don't we have to forgive others?
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