Finding Freedom: Part I
"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins." - Mark 11:25 Last week we spoke about the "one" choice. If you missed it, go dig through the archives to the left of the screen. After we've made the choice to obey, every other choice is either made for us, or put into proper perspective. Since we’ve made the choice to obey, let us look at the second most difficult choice we will ever make—the choice to forgive. Before we go any further, though, I would like to revisit the idea of forgiveness. Our culture has relegated forgiveness to an emotional response. We are told that it is only when we have "cooled down" enough, or when the pain has subsided that we can forgive. This picture of forgiveness is nothing but a lie. If we could not forgive until such time as we "felt ready" then God would be a tyrant for commanding us to do something we were incapable of