Watch your step …

If I had to be something other than human, I wouldn’t want to be a horse.

Why?

Imagine living a life knowing if you simply tripped, fell, and broke your leg, someone would grab a gun and shoot you! Done to “put you out of your misery.” At least, that’s what they used to do with horses that broke their legs.

Then again, that may not be as painful as human life lived unforgiven. You know, when you trip, fall, and are continuously judged and ridiculed whether it was for a mistake, a failure, or a sin.

That’s real pain. Such an ugly pain that Jesus addressed this issue:

“Then Peter came to him and asked, ‘Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?’ ‘No, not seven times,’ Jesus replied, ‘but seventy times seven!'” Matthew 18:21-22.

For those wounded by a fall, forgiveness is the salve that offers hope for healing.

How do you respond to those who sin against you?

Scotty