“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Colossians 3:12-14 NIV
This is something we need to give as much as we need to receive it
Forgiveness is more than God’s grace given to us through Jesus Christ…we need to be able to give forgiveness to others and to ourselves as well
If we choose to hold on to the pain, the bitterness and the anger it will eat away at our very life and end up affecting our relationships with everyone
To forgive is not to say someone gets a free pass for hurting us…Instead, we are making the intentional choice to stop letting that hurt control our daily lives.
Christ will help us through this…
We can come to Cross and give thanks to Jesus for His forgiveness of our sins
And we can ask Him to help us find your way to give forgiveness to others
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV
(This photo was taken at a lake in central Minnesota)
