7.19- Last night I watched and very successful athlete who had be training

 7.19-

Last night I watched and very successful athlete who had be training for the Olympis extend a blessing to a man who had car jacked him and shot him i the gut.  It nearly cost him his life.  It cost him his chance at the Olympics. It ripped through his colon.  It nicked his spinal nerve.  He could Not feel his leg for a long time.  Weeks of rehab.  He said in court to the man who shot him.

I have nothing to say to the man who shat me that I bless him and pray the best for him.

Forgiveness.  The teacher made it a part of the perfect prayer.  Humans have an independent, rebellious nature.  Tell us not to do something and we are curious to do it.  So we need forgiveness from our loving creator and he has given the sacrifice that is necessary to provide grace, mercy and peace to his children.  Then he expects us to extend forgiveness to each other.  This doesn't mean that the matter is realeased from the local laws or the eventual judgement of God, but it means that we realease the person from our personal heart and mind.  It was be sad those of us who kept grudge and sludge in our own hearts.  It poisons us from inside let us extend grace to others 

Mattthew 18

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[g]

23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[h] was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[i] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”