I can’t stand to have people upset with me and can’t stay upset with someone else for very long. I end up getting eaten alive by my anxiety because I have a tendency to ruminate on things, which means that I am well aware of the importance of the message, “let not the sun go down on your anger” (Ephesians 4:26) whether it be mine or someone else’s. Since I am a relatively passive person my heart resounds with the question that ‘a child once asked: “Must we wait till the evening to be forgiven?”’ I couldn’t help thinking:
How often do we remember that we don’t have to wait, and should not wait, to forgive or ask for forgiveness? Our availability of forgiveness from God is just a thought or a breath away. But how available do we make our forgiveness of others? Do we let it sit and fester a bit or do our hearts ache until we forgive what other have done?
“The Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?’
And Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
Don’t hesitate in your forgiveness of others, and don’t say something with your mouth that does not echo in your heart. You spread the hurt and resentment in either of the cases.
neumatikos 