"Forgiveness can be given when you think it can't cause with every passing second comes a second chance..."-Relient K
The entire bible is dotted with verses about forgiveness. For some strange reason, though, I don't think God put it in there to be repetitive and monotonous. He created all things and there are A LOT of interesting things, so God must be as well! Moving on...
In the book of Mark God specifically targets forgiveness and prayer as a team. In chapter 11 verse 25 it says "And whenever you stand praying, forgive him, that your father in heaven may also forgive your tresspasses." You have probably heard it a million times that God always forgives. And you might have also heard that we need to be like God.
Here's the kicker that ties those two things together. Verse 26 says "But if you do not forgive, neither will your father in heaven forgive your tresspasses." In verse 25 says that he'll forgive you for frogiving a brother, but in verse 26, He's telling you what will happen if you don't forgive your brother. It's a sucky alternative.
So, I fight with my sister a lot and we're all RAWR and whatnot. When I try to go to God in prayer, I really can't because I'm all wrapped up in the fight. Usually I call her and try to make things right again. Part of the reason we're called to forgive others is because it takes us away from God. The other part is because if God can forgive us huge things like killing His son... why can't we forgive someone for stealing our lip gloss or for yelling at each othe over stupid things.
If I were me then I'd be right where I am.
11 years ago
