2 August 2012
Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Forgiveness is important for our own wellbeing, when we have been hurt we need to forgive the one that hurt us. Yet Jesus wants us to forgive those who have hurt us as well, to make our peace with them so that there is no burden of unforgiveness on us. Being at peace with one another is important to the Prince of Peace. Forgiveness is not an emotion but an act over which we have control and the ability to accept.
The reality having forgiven a person allows us now to deal with the situation, the pain, the hurt and we are then able to get onto the business of being healed. When we have unforgiveness dominating our relationship then that past event controls how we respond to future events. Each past hurt when healed will show the scar, being able to tell the story of the scar and the events around the scar without recalling the pain, shows just how well healing has taken place.
Each scar whether emotional, spiritual or physical reminds us of the battles we have been through up to the state we are in today. Unforgiveness does not allow for the wound to heal and form the scar.
Be encouraged today to forgive others.
David
Point to ponder: A person forgiven much is loved much.
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