4.7- Because people are created with free will choice

 4.7-

Because people are created with free will choice and all of us have chosen to be less than our best it is true that all us need grace and mercy. None need grace and mercy more than i do.

That said, I still prefer for athletic champions to be gracious in victory and humble in defeat. Blaming no team or person more than others.

I enjoyed the women's basketball tournament and was amazed especially at the long distance shooting. I liked that grandmother Kim Mulkey mentioned the joy of winning on Palm Sunday. Thankful Palm Sunday sets up the statement from the cross, "Father forgive them for they don't know what they are doing." The plan worked. Easter 2023 nearly here.

Luke 23.

33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[c] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[d]”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”