Wars and rumors of wars. Hatred. Darkness. The Cross! Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do. His last words to us. In His darkest moment, He gave us light to live by. They lashed Him until His flesh hung in strips. They spit on Him. They abused Him. They dragged Him bleeding through the streets to be mocked. They nailed Him to a cross, and He looked at us and said with His last breath, "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do!"
He knew that He could have called down an army of angels and wiped them all out. But He also knew that to return hate for hate and violence for violence only fed the darkness. More hate, more violence, more hurt, more death. Pass it on to our children. Why not give our children light, love, forgiveness to feed on? Jesus cried from a hill, "How long I have desired to gather you to me, and you would not!"
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave us His only Son that whosoever believes in Him would have eternal life. Life is this: To know Him who is love! If we would saturate ourselves with that knowledge, then maybe in times of loss, instead of lashing out, we could say along with Him, "forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." and it would set us free from darkness as well as the perpetrator. We could try to love as He has loved us.
We who have His Spirit could try. Maybe we won't do it perfectly, but a little may go a long way. Feel His heart. Lord, reach deep within us and set us free from any darkness that we may be coming from. Let the words of our mouths and the meditation of our heart and mind be pleasing to you,. Only You make this possible. Jesus is Lord!
Psalm 100:3 Psalm 55:22
Stop expecting it to be easy. He said the road was narrow and hard. Who knew better than Jesus?
In His Love, a work in progress
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