Forgiveness

Colossians 3:13
"Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you must do also."

This passage struck a chord with me, even though most things that people do to me I forgive them and move on, but there are somethings that have happened to me that have left me a bit bitter and resentful. I remember praying the other day and while I was praying  for somebody and that person has hurt me a lot in my life.While praying for them I just could not find anything positive to say about them in my prayer and right then and there I had to ask God for forgiveness because there are many things I can thank God for in bringing this person in my life, but I let all my emotions, pain, hurt, bitterness, get in the way of seeing all the good in this person. The funny thing is that God doesn't say we SHOULD forgive them in this verse but instead "even as Christ forgave you, so you MUST do also." That's what got me the most when it says as Christ forgave you. Just thinking back to the the beginning of creation with Adam and Eve and how they sinned against God, but yet he forgave them. David a man after God's own heart, fell in sin with Bathsheba and yet God still forgave him. Peter disowned Jesus three times and yet Jesus still sought out Peter and forgave him. When Jesus got arrested he was spit on, mocked, ridiculed, beaten down to a bloody pulp. He didn't deserve any of this because he had did nothing wrong while on heart. In midst of all the pain and agony of what He had suffered he cried out to God "Father FORGIVE them, for they do not know what they do!" And all through history we can think of the endless times we as humans have broken God's heart and caused the Holy Spirit to grieve, because of our sinful nature, but yet He still FORGIVES us! God doesn't have to forgive us for anything he could have just let us live life and then burn in hell after to be honest, but because of His love He forgives us and extends His arm to save us and to give us new life, so we can spend eternity with Him. Just as Christ forgave us we MUST do also. So if you have any resentment toward anybody just forgive them because God commands us to. It may be hard to open those wounds again that we have suppressed, and I know mine are definitely going to hurt but God will heal those wounds and reconcile the situation, Then we can move on and serve God with a pure heart and clear conscience. So pray for me y'all and I'll do the same for y'all.

Grace and Peace to all y'all.

All guys are dogs except ones like these.....

What's up everybody? I stumbled on this the other day when I was doing my devotions. I came across this particular passage on my youversion devotion by Charles Spurgeon. Spurgeon is one of the greatest ministers to ever live in England. Well anyways this one is mostly for the Ladies BUT the guys can also learn greatly from this especially if we want to become better men for our future life partner. Speaking off of personal experience I have heard plenty of times girls calling guys 'dogs', 'dirty', or some kind of word to put down guys and categorize them as all being the same way, and to tell the truth there are a lot of guys nowadays that really are dogs. They try to be like the people they see in the media, the actors, some athletes, some celebrities, and majority of the rappers in the music industry. They buy into the whole get money, get all the girls you can get, look for the 'bad' one scheme. Lusting after every girl they see and deciding to try and pursue that girl just so they can have sex with her. So when majority of guys buy into the lie which tells them that's the most this life has to offer, the girls who experiment with these guys and end up being heartbroken usually have a bad taste, and a bad impression of guys. They never try to find a guy who is trying to keep his soul clean and trying to be everything that God had intended him to be. Like a guy that is mentioned in this upcoming scripture.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her."

Here is what Spurgeon says.......

"What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say, "If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;" but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, he can point to himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teacher of it. The Christian should take nothing short of Christ for his model. Under no circumstances ought we to be content unless we reflect the grace which was in him. As a husband, the Christian is to look upon the portrait of Christ Jesus, and he is to paint according to that copy. The true Christian is to be such a husband as Christ was to his church. The love of a husband is special. The Lord Jesus cherishes for the church a peculiar affection, which is set upon her above the rest of mankind: "I pray for them, I pray not for the world." The elect church is the favourite of heaven, the treasure of Christ, the crown of his head, the bracelet of his arm, the breastplate of his heart, the very centre and core of his love. A husband should love his wife with a constant love, for thus Jesus loves his church. He does not vary in his affection. He may change in his display of affection, but the affection itself is still the same. A husband should love his wife with an enduring love, for nothing "shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." A true husband loves his wife with a hearty love, fervent and intense. It is not mere lip-service. Ah! beloved, what more could Christ have done in proof of his love than he has done? Jesus has a delighted love towards his spouse: He prizes her affection, and delights in her with sweet complacence. Believer, you wonder at Jesus' love; you admire it--are you imitating it? In your domestic relationships is the rule and measure of your love--"even as Christ loved the church?"

Listen to the song and listen closely to the message the song is trying to get across.