You’ve been wronged. Terribly wronged.
There is no excuse for it. It left scars on your heart and altered your future. Now what?
You have a decision to make about what you do with a wrong that was dumped in your lap. You can hang on to it, nurse the wound, seethe with bitterness, and live as a wounded animal. OR…you can take directions from the One who created your heart. He says there is freedom ahead if you’ll do it His way.
His way is to take your eyes off the offender and put them on Jesus. Why Jesus? Because He did it first. He knows the horrible things YOU did against your Creator, the high treason you committed, the moral insanity you lived in, and then He held out His hands for the spikes and said, “I’ll take the punishment so you can be forgiven.”
That’s the One who tells us to turn around and forgive other human beings. He never asks us to do what He hasn’t already done, so all we do is follow His example. If you’ve been given mercy, you have the power to be merciful. We can forgive horrible wrongs when we keep our eyes on the One who has forgiven us first.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32