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It’s all about, FORGIVENESS…even if…
Throughout the Bible Jesus is constantly foretelling his betrayal. It holds true later in the passage in which He tells Peter he will deny knowledge of Him 3 times. He always knows when he will be betrayed, denied, turned against, just as he knew where Peter and John would need to go to prepare Passover, and how they would find this place. Even with this awareness and warnings He gives, the warned continue to become the culprits and Jesus continues to forgive and love, giving second chances and more.
Disloyalty in itself can be enough to write a person off and move on with no second thought or second chance to be had. Considering the how’s and especially the why’s hasn’t always been a first or easy reaction. Saying, “that is very human of you,” forgiving as He did so many times, is seemingly impossible when we are hurting. But to truly love someone means forgiveness and working through the pain as Jesus did his whole life.
How often is the hand that feeds us the one that turns around to bite us, as Peter prepared Passover and then proceeded to deny ever knowing Jesus three times?
I have even been the one to bite those I loved, when I never thought or intended that to happen. The devil creeps in when we are least prepared.
How we learn to deal with our mistakes, take responsibility for, and learn from them counts as much as our capacity to forgive when we are on the other end. To have been on the receiving end of second chances from loved ones and consequently turning back to Jesus, trying to live my life more like the one He lived, I have been softened and humbled with newfound ability to step back and consider the reasons and situational factors that cause others to that hurt me, and to forgive. Never forgetting…but always forgiving. It’s never easy but being conscious to the art of forgiveness helps us say “how very human of you, now let’s look at where we went wrong and how we can avoid that in the future.” That’s the raw love Jesus showed throughout his life, knowing people were going to betray him, mistreat him, and he would forgive and give them the chance to say “I made a mistake, learned from it, and will walk with you again living my lesson.”
Thank you Lauren for sharing today.
I am one of those people that want everything to be OK. I don’t like conflict or disagreements. I will forget (maybe not forgive) what has been done in order for evrything to seem OK. I am glad that God does not do that to me. Betrayal is betrayal no matter if we know it is coming or not. It still hurts. The problem for me is trying to figure out why someone chose to betray rather than just stand with me. I can only imagine how hard it was for Jesus knowing that he was to be betrayed multiple times. I know that he forgives and always loves us but that does not take away the wanting to know why the person chose to betray. I wonder if God feels that at all. Finally as far as children are concerned. They soon to hold on to nothing. They do not stay angry long, and show true concern for someone else’s well being and feelings. I see that all the time in my son. He is someone I look to for an example of “getting over it”.
you are a trip! thanks for jumping into all of our lives at CCC. stay strong. greater is Jesus who is in you… than he that is in the world.
thanks for putting your heart out there.
blessings
Lauren
Great thoughts on the passage. Our forgiveness from God is only understood in our forgiveness of others.