Forgiveness

So if your like me now when I hear the word forgiveness, I start singing the new song by Matthew West. "It's the hardest thing to give away and the last thing on your mind today." I can be the first to admit that I have a hard time with forgiving people. It's hard for me to forgive people who have done me or my family wrong. For the last couple of weeks at my church, we have been talking about forgiveness. Today, we wrote on a card people's names and what we forgave them for. I had several names on that list. We then walked around and put our cards in a coffin to be buried. They are no more. The one way to forget what happened is to forgive the person who did it. I forgave people today. I don't have to carry it with me anymore. I don't need to be angry at them. The hardest thing to realize about the person(s) who have wronged you is that Jesus also died on the cross for them just like he did for me. Now, I can't be mad at the person. I have to be mad at the sin. The sin is what is messed up. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do but it needs to be the first thing on our mind today. God will forgive you if you forgive those who wronged you. You see we are the worst people. We don't deserve anything. God doesn't rate sin. Humans rate sin. A sin is a sin and we all do it. So instead of getting mad at the next person who you believe has wronged you, first step aside and say to yourself I am a sinner and I have done worst things to God than this person has done to me. You will get a perspective on your life. I know that this can be hard but it has worked for me. 

Forgiveness

Kristin 

Isaiah 41:10