Forgivnesssssss...is more than saying sorry!

So tonight I sat in a car and considered all the 'social ills' we seem to be facing. I went all the way back and examined the Genesis of it all. Most of these wars, murders and even poverty is a result of the fact that we no longer care for and forgive each other. How did I get there you wonder? Most murders occur because someone was wronged in some way and instead of forgiving the person who wronged them, they think it best to kill them. Likewise with poverty, I must always have and I never have enough to give to my brother.

These things happen outside of the church. Sadly, it also happens in the church. Many persons are finding it very hard to let go of someone who hurt them in the past. Many persons are holding that unforgiveness in their heart to the point that they are physically sick. Check your church, do you know of anyone who is having a hard time? Is there anyway you can help? Our way of helping is saying "i will pray for you" Don't give me wrong, I am not saying that prayer is not important, What I am saying is the extra hour your taking to go home and watch TV, can be spent visiting a sick brother or meeting with a discouraged sister. In what way are we different if what is seen on the outside is what we see on the inside. Has the church lost it's saltiness? Are we effective anymore.

My encouragement s this, may we search ourselves and really check? How different are we from a person who does not know Christ. If not, please talk to God about it. Let him help you.

How selfish can we be?

It is amazing to me that their are so many things happening around the world and we (Christians) worry about things like denominations, dress codes and doctrines. Earthquakes, flash floods as big as tsunami's and murders in cold blood are running rampant all over the world and we are upset that Sis so and so bounced you during service. Rubish! We are also very quick to say oh well, its the end times, these things were boud to happen, so I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Again Rubbish! Persons believe for some reason, people believe that is will never affect them. It isnt our country being affected by these natural disasters, none of my family members are being affected so why shpuld I be bothered. Again more Rubish!

People its time we wake up amd smell the coffee. When Jesus spoke of this time in the Gospels he called this the BEGINNING of the birthing pains. THE BEGINNING! So what are we going to do about it. My aim is to ensure that not only I be saved but as many as can be. Now is the time when we aggressively go after lost sheep and bring them to where God needs them to be. Not for any acknowledgement but just because we care. Just because we love God and we love others. We need to stop accepting that this is how it needs to be. We need to get off our behinds and do what God has called us too. We need to become diciples of Christ and make diciples for him. It is time we Wake up people. Now is not the time to be sleeping!

Growing up!

We often call ourselves adults when we reach eighteen. We think because the law calls us legal we are adults. Men are all grown up when they get their first facial hair and when women get breast and begin their menstrual cycle, they are grown. But are those really the measuring stick for adults? Is that truly how you tell adults from kids? Or is it when is mature? What is maturity? How does one become mature? Is it when one begins having sex? Is it when one finishes secondary school? When does one become mature?


I ponder on this because many of us claim to be adults because we have jobs, make our own money or turn our own keys. We believe that we are mature and all grown up. I have been entering situations lately that had me asking myself “what would an adult do?” I have been getting my answers. It is almost never the easier way out. My first instinct is to forget it when the adult thing to do is take responsibility, deal with the consequences and face it. Just face it. When I don’t want to forgive or be the bigger person, the adult thing for me to do is to forgive and put away petty things.

Not only are those the adult things to do but they are the Christian things to do. Jesus requires us to be the adults, the examples for others to look at and follow. Are we being that, or are we too caught up in our feelings to see the bigger picture? I am not saying that it is easy. I am not saying that you’re a heathen if you are harbouring unforgiveness, I am saying check it. I am not saying that you are not mature if you run from your problems, what I am saying is check it. We all have on goal in mind; let’s not allow anything to keep us out of the kingdom of God. Nothing!