Forgiveness

Sometimes God shows us something even when we did not realize we needed it. Obviously this is a great song and a great story about forgiveness. Over the last several years I have reached out to people I needed forgiveness from and gave forgiveness to people that was quite difficult. Today God has shown me that there are people out there that need forgiveness from you that you may not remember or realize.

I learned this after receiving a call today from a man I vaguely remember from middle school. He asked me to forgive him for being a bully, causing a fight that ultimately led him to be sent into a juvenile program. Ironically the exact program I work for today. I did not even remember this fight until he called. It was easily forgiven but I will not easily forget. Typically when that is said people tend to say they forgive you but keep record of it, on occasion fester over it, and ultimately are judged for it. This is different, when I say I will not forget it is because it showed me that God’s love is based on forgiveness, Jesus said in Luke 23:24 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

I felt God’s love today in full strength that I can as a sinful man. I do not know if the man who called is saved or not but he did a lot in the path to saving me. Thank you Jesus for this sacrifice of Love.