Today me and Isaac were reflecting on how beautiful the story was that we heard at large group last night. This boy was blind and throughout his childhood his parents tried to abandon him because they did not want to deal with having a son who was 'handicapped' in this way and having to cater to his needs in this way. This boy had grown up knowing this, and when he had accepted Jesus into His heart had to work through a lot of those emotions dealing with that. But he did come to a point in his life when he realized that he did forgive his parents.
This got me thinking.. if I was ever given the opportunity to meet my father, what would I do? What would I say? And then as we were talking, I said.. "I think if I ever meet my dad, I'm going to tell him that I forgive him and I love him." Now, it would not be because of anything that I thought up or came up with on my own. This reaction would simply be a response to the best example of love and grace I could look to, and that is Jesus Himself. I don't think that it would be the easiest thing I've ever done. But when if my life has been given so much grace and forgiveness, how could I not extend that to others? Even to someone who has created as much hurt as he has. By the grace of God.. I choose to forgive because I am forgiven. He loves therefore I choose to love. It's that simple. Hmm.. easy enough, right?
