Loving in His Way by T K Chapin

Author:T K Chapin [Chapin, T K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781675789629
Publisher: Branch Publishing
Published: 2019-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Colossians 3:13

“Our sins and our wrongs have been forgiven by God. When we repent and confess our wrongdoings, He is mighty to forgive always. In turn, we have no right to hold back on forgiveness toward the people in our lives. No matter the pain they have caused. Even if they gun your wife down in a hospital or . . .” —her hand found her stomach— “take away someone’s future.”

A hand went up and Serenah called on the lady.

“But doesn’t it just allow the person to keep hurting us? How is that what God wants?”

“Sometimes, a person can still hurt us if we let them back into our lives. I’m glad you brought that up. Listen, Ladies. You can forgive without giving trust. You can love without being accepting of bad behavior. These are common misconceptions that we all have. Forgiveness is releasing the debt someone owes you, nothing more than that.”

Melody, one of the ladies in the group with tears in her eyes, raised a hand.

Serenah nodded to her. “Go ahead.”

Wiping the tears from her eyes, she stammered as she tried to speak. “A few months ago, my daughter was killed in a car wreck by a drunk driver. I . . .” She started crying, and Serenah came over to her and bent her knees, wrapping an arm around her. Courtney’s heart sank as Melody continued. “I am trying so hard to forgive the man who did it, but it just feels impossible.”

“I couldn’t imagine that.” Serenah’s cheeks moistened with tears. “That has to be the most difficult thing for a parent to ever endure. I’m so sorry.”

As the night went on, Courtney realized just how much unforgiveness she had been harboring toward her sister and mother. Lifting a prayer of thankfulness to God for all the protection He had provided her and her family with, she realized she needed a more thankful heart. On her way out to the car that evening with the boys, Courtney felt determined to focus on the love of God every time a moment of bitterness rose within her. If someone like Melody, who lost their child in a car wreck, could be striving toward forgiveness and love toward the perpetrator, she could too. With You, God, all things are possible.

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