We are stubborn.
We often have the abilities to make lives better and happier
but we choose not to.
Why?
Because we are mad, angry and not so forgiving.
We could be, but we aren’t sometimes.
Why do we have trouble forgiving other people?
We feel hurt, angry and mad.
Sometimes we just have trouble to forgive other people.
Some of the hardest times of my life weren’t what I went
through, but forgiving people that have hurt me deeply.
I grew up in a house with abuse going on, witnessing my
parents getting in a fist fight in front of us (My siblings and I).
One time, they were arguing in the kitchen while I was
sweeping the kitchen floor.
My mom was angry and yelled at my dad, “Why don’t you just
have another beer that always seems to cure all your problems!”
My dad backhanded the beer and it was going right at me.
I ducked and the bottle that was going right at me hit off
the wall broke and splash beer and broken pieces all around me.
I didn’t know what to do, I started to swept it up and my
mom yells, “Joel, don’t clean that up, make your father!”
My father yells, “No go ahead and clean it up!”
I am confused.
Finally they both said, Joel leave us and go upstairs.
There was a lot of hate, hostility and anger in the household
and it rubs off on you.
One of the hardest yet easiest things in life was forgiving
my parents.
They made some mistakes and I thank God for getting us
through a situation that today CPS would have probably been called for.
I have forgiven my parents for the abuse and the situations
my brothers and sister grew up in.
I can forgive people because of one name, Jesus.
Yet could the forgiveness be because of me.
When Jesus first appeared to the disciples after coming back
from the dead, he breathed on them and told them this in John 20:22-23…
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive
them, they are not forgiven.”
We/I have the ability to forgive because of Jesus.
In the Bible Knowledge
Commentary it said, “Forgiveness of sins
is one of the major benefits of the death of Jesus….Jesus was giving the
apostles (and by extension, the church) the privilege of announcing heaven’s
terms on how a person can receive forgiveness. If one believes in Jesus, then a
Christian has the right to announce his forgiveness. If a person rejects Jesus’
sacrifice, then a Christian can announce that that person is not forgiven.”
Bold statement,
forgiveness is and can be in our hands.
We have the ability
to forgive people.
Those who have done
us wrong, those who are struggling with past sins and mistakes, we can forgive.
We can forgive
because of Jesus.
The only reason I do
not have hatred towards my parents is because of Jesus.
Jesus forgave me for
my sins and I can forgive others because there is one who forgave me.
Who do you need to
forgive, show grace too?
Today is a great day
to get that hate, anger and hostility out of your system.
Forgiveness is so
easy, just do it.
You will be amazed at
how the burdens can come off your chest when you forgive.
Have a great day.
