Name: Chad
Scripture: Luke 16
OAP: I am identifying heavily with the manager right now, yet I can't get to the level of his forgiveness. I just had my laptop stolen in the mail and it is hard enough forgiving the guy, but being proud of him? And I rationalize, it goes like this; I am not angry for myself, I am angry because my parents payed for it and they are the ones who got stolen from. How can I forgive in the way of the manger when someone stole from my family. Now I am thinking about forgiveness, how I can forgive someone who wrongs me, but its not my place to forgive others. Is this forgiving like God? I hurt people that God loves all the time, and he forgives me, yet I don't look at it like that I have always seen it as me hurting God and the person separately, and asking each of their forgiveness separately. How about that God has already forgave the person that stole my laptop, my beautiful Sager np2090, God forgave them for putting the hardship on my parents. Who am I to withhold that type of forgiveness when God is already giving it to them. And I am talking about the forgiveness in luke 16, which is different and new to me. I don't know, maybe this sounds obvious but it is a different way of thinking about God's love than I have before.
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