Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Power of Forgiveness

Never forget the three powerful resources
 you always have available to you:
 love, prayer, and forgiveness.

It is funny to think how powerful forgiveness can be. It helps to usher the ability to love others even when they don't deserve it. One of the best accounts of this in the Bible is with Joseph. We see in the last few chapters of Genesis the story of Joseph a man who had been on an incredible journey through slavery and imprisonment stand before his brothers who sold him and forgive and bless them. If Joseph had not forgiven his brothers the rest of his family could have died, thus never leading to the tribes of Israel and the people they are today. All of this came from the power of forgiveness.  

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins
Mark 11:25-26