Forgiveness

I join sort of Bible Study at my church and yesterday I learned about forgiveness. Ko Suyono, who was the teacher that day, he talked about FORGIVENESS. It was a slap in my face, he said that mostly in relationship you will be hurt but who are you not willing to forgive the one that hurts you? Even Jesus forgives you so many many many times, uncountable. He's God, He's the creator of this earth, He's Holy, He's King, but still He forgives you. If we confess our sin, He is FAITHFUL, and just will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). 

See? He remains faithful even after we fail Him, and He even purify us from all unrighteousness! So undeserved but that's our God, He's love (1 John 4:8). And Ko Suyono said, if you don't want to forgive those who hurt you then you say that you are The God right? You are higher than God, this sentence such a slap in my faceeeee! I'm nothing but a dust even the King forgives people. He has been crucified, mocked, tortured, etc, you know the story, still on the cross He said "Father, FORGIVE them, for they don't know what they are doing (Luke 23:34). He made me speechless, the way they hurt Jesus can't compare to what my friends, my family, etc hurt me, totally nothing but still Jesus prayed for those people and forgave them.

And still often we deny ourselves we say "I've already forgiven him/her but when we meet the person who hurts us, it's so hard to say Hi, to approach them first, to call them and hang out together. One thing that I still learn today is how to forget. You can forgive people but I agree that the scars remain years and years even forever, you can't just forget things that they've done that hurt you, words they've said that hurt you and there's still a bitterness in your life and I don't want to feel bitter for the rest of my life, but how to forget? I still learn that. I have been through up and down in this life, family, friends, relationship, a lot of things. I'm not exaggerating I just won't share my past here, past is past, and so many things hurt me but thanks Jesus, He's healed my heart and made it new, out of brokenness comes good things :) 

Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and FORGIVE one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.