Forgiveness - Lips service or as Jesus did Luke 23:24

Good morning all. God is good all  the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

   As you move here, there and yonder do you think about the people you encounter?  People do thinks, react, and many times do not know or understand what they are doing or have done.   Someone cuts you off in traffic, steps in front of you when checking out of a store, rushes past bumping you without a sorry-excuse me-or anything.  What usually happens?  Anger boils up inside us.

Why do people do this?  In large part because they are concerned about themselves, and themselves only.  Aren't you glad our saviour was not concerned about only himself?  When Jesus was in his darkest hour he thought of others, He suffered for others, He loved you and me.

Luke 23:24  "Then said Jesus, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.  And they parted his raiment, and cast lots."

Jesus was able to look in the hearts of others and know they had no knowledge of what they were doing.  His love for people was so great He could look around and ask forgiveness for them.  Can you do this? When people cut you off driving?  When people "wrong" you, can you forgive them as you know they may not know they are doing?

Jesus' death opened the way for us to become new creatures in Christ Jesus and become more like Him. We, too, can forgive those who wrong us and pray for them as did Jesus.  "Father, forgive them."

Is Jesus' love truly in your heart or just on your lips?  Our prayer should be that God helps us forgive those who mistreat us.  Love you all.

In Christ Love and Grace
  Johnny