A Very Great Forgiveness

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14

Last night in my reading, I came to the story of an incident of very great forgiveness. This forgiveness did not come easily to the woman, as she bore the weight of years of extreme hardship caused by an entire nation. It also did not come easily as there were others of her kind who endured that same period of distress and deprivation. As this woman forgave one of the chief perpetrators of the indignity, those other sufferers turned on her.

A very great forgiveness can come after a very great trespass by the hand of the Spirit of God within us. However, this forgiveness may alienate us from those who suffered with us and who want to maintain their lust for vengeance. In the act of a very great forgiveness, one may be left standing alone with the Savior, who also did a very great forgiveness.

Let us forgive one another,

Bucky