Colossians 3:12-1
"Therefore, as the elect of GOD, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as CHRIST forgave you, so you also must do."

    In this particular passage there is a lot of different things that we could cover; however, I want to just talk about one thing.  I want to talk about forgiveness.  When someone forgives another person they are freely giving grace to that person.  That is the very thing that JESUS did for us on the cross.  He forgave us.  Not just for our past sins, but for those in the present and those in the future.  He gave us freely of GOD'S grace.  

    In the above scripture, our LORD is asking us to do the same thing.  He wants us to freely give grace to others for the things they have done to harm us.  Grace is receiving something that is not earned.  That means that sometimes we will find ourselves in the position of forgiving someone who has never or may never ask for that forgiveness.  What a tremendously freeing thing that is.  We become free because we forgive, they become free because we forgive and we see GOD'S grace and mercy work in our life and that of the one that we have forgiven.

    Trust me, it is not an easy act to forgive someone.  Sometimes, it may be the most difficult thing we may ever do.  Even harder than when we asked JESUS into our life.  However, it will be one of the most rewarding things you ever do.  "Therefore if the SON makes you free, you shall be free indeed."  (John 8:33)

    Join with me today and let the Son make you free by opening up your heart before GOD by walking in forgiveness.

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