Wednesday, January 29, 2014


The Power Of Forgiveness

Jesus tells us over and over that we need to forgive others who hurt us.  Once, he even said we need to do so nearly 500 times.  Sounds like a tall order to me.  There’s something hidden in that though.  There are at least three reasons He tells to forgive each other.

·       First, it releases the other person from the burden of being in debt to us .   


credit Stuart Miles
·       It also restores our relationship with them and we start again with a blank slate. 



 
 

·       But the most surprising result to me is that it frees us.  When we hold onto something where we’ve been wronged, it actually enslaves us. It may be all we can think about. 


 

How about you?  What have you found happens when you forgive someone or they forgive you for something?

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, January 6, 2014

Rest--it's actually good for us!



I was going through the book of Hebrews the other day since our church has just finished a series on it.  Something I read struck me as ironic