Be Perfect
Today Jesus urged us to go one step further in our loving and forgiving...to come out of our comfort zone to love our enemies and to pray for them. Is it going to be easy? No...because sometimes the wound inflicted was too painful, or perhaps the harsh words was like a sharp knife cutting into our hearts...Is it possible?...yes, because we too want healing...to rid of this painful burden of resentment, the anger that is gnawing at our hearts, consuming us, and preventing us to be the person God has meant us to be.
Once we set our hearts to truly want to forgive; with prayers and sincere intentions, grace will lead us to that moment of release. It is like the cleansing of the soul and what follows can never be anything but untold peace and happiness! Forgiveness is a continual process, we should make a conscious effort to make amends the moment we know we have sinned; and same when someone has hurt us, just forgive them at that very moment. You can forgive them from your heart with a simple prayer. In time, this becomes a habit...and as time goes on, we may find that it gets easier each time to forgive everyone, even our enemies!
Jesus who knows our human weaknesses expects us to be perfect just as our Heavenly Father is perfect. And what perfect love there is than seeing our crucified Christ asking that his persecutors be forgiven and even giving an excuse for them, "for they know not what they are doing."
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable,
because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
- CS Lewis -
Once we set our hearts to truly want to forgive; with prayers and sincere intentions, grace will lead us to that moment of release. It is like the cleansing of the soul and what follows can never be anything but untold peace and happiness! Forgiveness is a continual process, we should make a conscious effort to make amends the moment we know we have sinned; and same when someone has hurt us, just forgive them at that very moment. You can forgive them from your heart with a simple prayer. In time, this becomes a habit...and as time goes on, we may find that it gets easier each time to forgive everyone, even our enemies!
Jesus who knows our human weaknesses expects us to be perfect just as our Heavenly Father is perfect. And what perfect love there is than seeing our crucified Christ asking that his persecutors be forgiven and even giving an excuse for them, "for they know not what they are doing."
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable,
because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
- CS Lewis -
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