I am so convinced that the storms of life are weathered when we "look up", "see the light", and choose to be grateful that we know the LIGHT OF THE WORLD and that He allows us to partner with Him as light of the world.
As this blog has addressed repeatedly this year - living out the Be-attitudes is to have the mind of Christ. It is that mind of Christ that is light and salt in a dark and tasteless world. There are a few threads that run through these attitudes.... one that I see is FORGIVENESS. I am thankful that I have been called to FORGIVE like Jesus, I have considered that:
- I must be poor in spirit to FORGIVE.
- I must have mourned over my own sin and the sins of a lost and dying world, to FORGIVE others.
- I must be willing to be meekly led by the Master to FORGIVE in His way as I live in His timing, not mine.
- I must hunger and thirst to FORGIVE because it is righteous.
- I must have mercy on the one whom I am FORGIVING.
- I must FORGIVE from a pure heart with pure motives.
- I must go in peace, as I FORGIVE.
- I must understand that even if I FORGIVE in all the above ways, I still may be persecuted.
Women who FORGIVE - shine! Thank You, Jesus for teaching us how it's done!
I'm grateful that Lori Hernandez is joining us this week with guest posts on the wonderful topic of FORGIVENESS. Here is Lori's second post of the week:
Yesterday I posed the question,
“Are there some things that are just
too awful for God to expect us to FORGIVE?”
I think the answer to that is a firm NO!
The only sin that is mentioned in scripture as being unforgivable
is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit,
as mentioned in Luke 10:12.
So how, then, can we move past
the anger,
disappointment,
and hurt
when someone acts against us with evil intent?
I think, first we need to look to God as our example as the One who FORGAVE first. Our Sunday morning class, has been reading the book, by Dr. Gary Chapman, Anger: Handling a Powerful Emotion in a Godly Way. Dr. Chapman says,
"God’s FORGIVENESS of us serves as the model of how we are to
FORGIVE others..."
PATTI'S NOTE: Today, join us in praising God for the way He FORGIVES! Join us again tomorrow for what scripture says about FORGIVENESS and then on Transforming Thursday for some profound thoughts from Lori about the transformative power of forgiveness.
~BLESSED~
1 comment:
Love it! Obviously there is something I can still learn about forgiveness (which is something I blogged about today) since I was brought here through Heavenly Homemakers' link up. I look forward to reading this series.
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