Forgiveness

Mark 11:25 “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

I found myself in the position of having let down my guard recently and quite stupidly stepped into sin. Of course all sin is stupid if you ask me. What disturbed me so much was those little bells didn’t go off. Worse yet I got others in my family involved in that sin.

Last night I went to my bookshelf and pulled out a book I reference from time to time called The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson. I asked the Lord to reveal any other sins that I may have conveniently glossed over or ignored. Then as I proceeded to ask for His forgiveness for this sin, the Spirit began revealing people whom I have not forgiven.

And it just kept coming.

Anderson makes an astute observation of forgiveness: “Forgiveness is agreeing to live with the consequences of another person’s sin. Forgiveness is costly; we pay the price of the evil we forgive.”

As we approach Resurrection Day, remember that our Lord paid the price for our evil. Likewise He asks that we “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Eph 4:32