Thoughts

Hi people. just to share some thoughts I had today while working:


I was thinking about what would be the last thing that I wanted to do, if I had 24hours left to live..

What would be your answer? (:


I recall everything that I had experienced in my life, good and bad. I was thinking really hard and it took me a long time before I dawned on this new insight. I realised that there was one common link that tread every experience in my life. This common link, is forgiving and being forgiven.

I'm not a perfect person. I make mistakes like every human being on this earth. Some mistakes are big and have serious repercussions while others may be small and smaller implications. Yet, despite all these mistakes, I have discovered that forgiveness is in abundance all around me. I have come to realised that forgiveness is so readily given, if only we let go of our pride and ask for it. To this end, on my deathbed, I realised that there is nothing more painful than to know that I have not made peace with everyone completely and I have lost all chances of doing so in this short life span.

There are many things that are worse than death. I think dying without forgiving and being forgiven is one of them. I thought to myself,

"What a sadness it would be then to be ashamed, at the Day of Judgement, when I meet God face to face, only to have Him ask me if I had made the effort to make peace with the people during my time on earth."

My brothers and sisters in Christ, this is my challenge to you! Forgive everyone and ask for forgiveness from everyone!

Because God has showered upon us unconditional love and forgiveness and since we are made in the image and likeness of God, we too can get closer to Him through acts of forgiveness.

An act of forgiveness requires both love and faith ( read trust ). If there is no love, where else can forgiveness be derived from then? If there is no faith, where do we get the strength to forgive others?

Psalms 130:3-5 ( The Jerusalem Bible)


3 If you never overlooked our sins, Yahweh,
Lord, could anyone survive?
4 But you do forgive us:
and for that we revere you.
5 I wait for Yahweh, my soul waits for him,
I rely on his promise.

Our God is such an awesome God! He did not keep account of our sins but forgave us with an unimaginable, unmatched amount of compassion and mercy! Isn't it just so amazing?

Praise the Lord! Alleluia!