Meditation:
Be kin to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgive you. Ephesians 4:32
Explanation:
Explanation:
When we or someone we love has been hurt, thoughts of revenge may dominate our minds. But we won’t ever be able to “get even”. One professor wrote extensively about forgiveness in “Forgive and Forget”, saying: “Revenge never evens the score, for alienated people never keep score of wrongs by the same mathematics. Forgiveness is the only way to stop the cycle of unfair pain turning in your memory”.
These insights help us understand why Paul wrote with urgency. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger ….. be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another… forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you”. Ephesians 4:31-32. Paul knew that a spirit of forgiveness was essential for the Ephesians” spiritual survival. His appeal was based on God’s forgiveness of them.
The author said that forgiveness is not forgetting, excusing, or smoothing things over. Instead, forgiving breaks the cycle of revenge and “creates a new possibility of fairness by releasing us from the unfair past. Forgiving is love’s toughest work, and love’s biggest risk. To forgive is to dance to the beat of God’s forgiving heart. It is to ride the crest of love’s strongest wave. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you”.
Jesus came our debt to pay, Saved our soul in grace one day, So in love we all should live, ready always to forgive.
“Revenge imprisons us; forgiveness sets us free.
Tayo ay nakakaranas ng mga ganitong sitwasyon sa buhay Kristiyano, kaya naman laging ipina-aalala Niya na kapatawaran ay iginawad sa ating mga kasalanan, pero bakit tayo’y hindi makapagpatawad. Wala naman na sa akin yun eh pinatawag ko na siya, sabi nga nagawa ko na yung part ko na patawarin ko na siya, nasa kanya na lang yun kung tatanggapin yun o hindi…. Diyos na ang bahala sa kanya…
These insights help us understand why Paul wrote with urgency. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger ….. be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another… forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you”. Ephesians 4:31-32. Paul knew that a spirit of forgiveness was essential for the Ephesians” spiritual survival. His appeal was based on God’s forgiveness of them.
The author said that forgiveness is not forgetting, excusing, or smoothing things over. Instead, forgiving breaks the cycle of revenge and “creates a new possibility of fairness by releasing us from the unfair past. Forgiving is love’s toughest work, and love’s biggest risk. To forgive is to dance to the beat of God’s forgiving heart. It is to ride the crest of love’s strongest wave. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you”.
Jesus came our debt to pay, Saved our soul in grace one day, So in love we all should live, ready always to forgive.
“Revenge imprisons us; forgiveness sets us free.
Tayo ay nakakaranas ng mga ganitong sitwasyon sa buhay Kristiyano, kaya naman laging ipina-aalala Niya na kapatawaran ay iginawad sa ating mga kasalanan, pero bakit tayo’y hindi makapagpatawad. Wala naman na sa akin yun eh pinatawag ko na siya, sabi nga nagawa ko na yung part ko na patawarin ko na siya, nasa kanya na lang yun kung tatanggapin yun o hindi…. Diyos na ang bahala sa kanya…
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