Daily Java: Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13).
Ideally, church is the place where people come for forgiveness.
There has to be somewhere that people can find some kind of relief from the constant blaming the world engages in. And it should be church.
After all, Jesus forgave us and counted us as his children. It is our duty as his family to forgive each other.
If he treated us as we treat each other, hell would be full and overflowing. There wouldn’t be enough room for all of the people that would be there.
Any little mistake, any misplaced word, anything small thing done wrong – all would be on permanent record with God. If, that is, he treated us as we treat each other.
But we shouldn’t do that. Of course, that is the Pollyanna way of looking at things. Like that moronic song John Lennon did, Imagine. Just imagine if everything was fine, and we were all loving.
On the other hand, there is the ideal of the church: a group of people loving, healing and forgiving.
That is what God wanted in the first place. And that is what a church should be – a refuge.
It is not, but that is to our shame.
Don’t hold grudges, don’t remember slights. Love and forgive.
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