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Forgiveness (2)
'People insulted Christ, but...He let God...take care of him.' 1 PETER 2:23
A little boy who'd been rude to his Mum started sneaking off upstairs. 'Where you going, young man?' she asked. 'To my room to talk to God,' he replied. 'Isn't there something you want to tell me first?' she said. 'Nope,' he said, 'You'll just get mad. God will forgive me and forget about it.'
Sometimes we upset someone and it's much easier to say sorry to God than to them, but actually we need to apologise to both. It's often much harder to admit we did wrong to another person than to God who knows it all anyway! Other times we can think we've forgiven someone but it's really obvious we've actually not. Some good clues are: getting angry when you think about them or whatever happened, ignoring or not wanting to see them, constantly reminding them of what happened, replaying the incident or conversations you'd like to have in your head.
The Bible says that God won't share His right to settle old scores. He said, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay' (Romans 12:19). If someone has wronged you it's up to God to deal with them, it's not your fight. When 'People insulted Christ...he did not insult them in return...He let God...who judges rightly, take care of him.' What's important is what happens in you, not to you. So forgive, forget, and move on!
written by Bob Gass
