Blog Questions for the Week following April 26, 2009

Read Luke 24:46, 47. Reflect in silence on what it means to be forgiven. Is this important to you, that God completely forgives you? Does this become more important if you recognize that accepting God's forgiveness means that you agree to forgive others? What do you need to forgive? Consider that to forget, in Old English, can mean to set aside or to neglect (rather than losing a memory). Can you forgive others and set aside your desire to harbor anger and to seek vengeance? In other words, can you forgive and forget? What impact will this have on you and on the person who has sinned against you?