Forgive...AGAIN??

But I don't feel like it...I feel angry and bitter. How could they do that to me AGAIN!?? And merrily go on their way, not seeming to care, while I miserably struggle through the day. And the lies fly thick and fast. I fight back the tears of frustration and anger.

I scroll through my list of songs looking for something different to play. I click on the song "When God Ran" by Phillips, Craig & Dean. As the music plays, I sit there with tears silently dripping down and falling on my keyboard. The story of the prodigal son...of love...of forgiveness. And when he was still a long way off his Father saw him coming and RAN to meet him!

Suddenly I realized: I can't forgive if I don't first accept the Father's forgiveness for me. At that moment something changed inside me. Jesus has forgiven me...AGAIN! No, I don't deserve it. But He loves me...and that is why.

I felt the anger and bitterness melting away...the day looked brighter, much brighter. I could smile. I wanted to see them, talk with them.

Because of His forgiveness...I too forgive...because I love...that is why!