Forgiveness Costs
Forgive? Haven't I already done that? No-- I found my myself making a list (in my head of course) of the offense/s.. But what if he/she never says I'm sorry, Lord, what if he/she never understands the depth of the hurt, and what if you never choose for him/her to see any of these things and be broken over them. How could I forgive? and He just stopped me (in the middle of the list, good grief!) and said " Forgive them, for they know not what they do." But! "Forgive them, for they know not what they do" Because Jesus-- while hanging on a cross to pay the penalty for my sin--- my sin-- that put him there--- and while hanging there and being mocked and having done no wrong... said "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." I wept, I felt the weight of what this meant... I realized that forgiveness really does mean absorbing the debt however painful it may be. "When someone has wronged you, it m...