It is difficult to forgive others when we are hurt. However, when we understand God’s grace, it might take time, but we will get there.
One of my favourite stories in the bible is that of King David who understood God’s grace. David had committed sin, and this is what God said together with David’s response:
The Lord said to Gad, David’s seer, “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice: three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.” 1 Chronicles 21:9-13[NIV]
You can read the rest of the story for what happened. In the meantime, you can listen to this.
Grace with Max Lucado, “Wet Feet”
Farai Mutsambiwa
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