Forgiveness is a huge thing

Forgiveness is huge in God's world. He is love. He forgives us. We must forgive others. Jesus emphasized this over and over. It is in the "model" prayer he gave us. To ignore it is to give our enemy an opening. We don't want or need that.

And so, there must be no delay. We must forgive, over and over. We are forgiven. Let's get on with it. Now.

The focus of my letter wasn't on punishing the offender but on getting you to take responsibility for the health of the church. So if you forgive him, I forgive him. Don't think I'm carrying around a list of personal grudges. The fact is that I'm joining in with your forgiveness, as Christ is with us, guiding us. After all, we don't want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief—we're not oblivious to his sly ways! 2 Corinthians 2:9-11

 

Iron out our differences

We are God's children. Now think about it. He has forgiven us. How does he want us to act? Does He want us to hold grudges? Does He want us to forgive, iron out our differences and make up?  

He has a new way for us and it is not what we think. His goal is for us to love not to hate. In His Spirit, we have the power to live that way. Children can get along. Hard to imagine but it is true.

 I urge Euodia and Syntyche to iron out their differences and make up. God doesn't want his children holding grudges. Phillipians 4:2