Taken from the book by Max Lucado, A Love Worth Giving
Do you have a heart full of hurts, that you want to make a list of it? Then why not list God's mercies. List the times God has forgiven you. Stand face to feet with the form of your crucified Savior and pray, "Jesus, if you can forgive me for hurting You, then i can forgive them for hurting me." You didn't deserve to be hurt by them. But neither did you deserve to be forgiven by Him.

On the other hand, you might say, "but i'm a decent person, i've never done anything to hurt Christ." Be careful now. That opinion can lead to trouble.

Do you really think you haven't done things that hurt Christ? Have you ever been dishonest with His money? His brethen money? That's cheating.

Has your love for flesh or flame ever turned you away from Him? That's adultery.

Ever spoken an angry word with the intent to hurt? In the corpus juris of heaven, you are guilty of assault.

Have you ever been silent while He was mocked? Dont we call that treason?

Ever gone to church to be seen rather than to see Him? Hypocrite.

Ever broken a promise you've made to God? Whoa. Deceit. That's serious.

Need to go any further? I doubt so. Just a few questions. and whoa, look at you. Guilty of dishonesty, adultery, assault, treason, hypocrisy, and deceit. A list worthy of indictment. Don't you deserve to be punished? But look at you, sitting and looking at this entry of a blog. Apparently, God has forgiven you.
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The key to forgiveness is forgetfulness.

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