forgiveness

hey y`all!!
today was pretty good. sorry i didnt make it to the softball game. omgosh weston buzzed his head, needless to say, i about had a cow at lunch. haha. i couldnt even walk up to him b/c i didnt know what to say, i just turned around & walked away before i got to him. haha. i cant believe he did that. since most of you dont know weston, lets just say he used to have really great hair. and well its all gone now. anyway, onto my devotion from last night. i did it on forgiveness, which David preached on a couple weeks ago. anyway, Matthew 6:14-15 says, "For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses" which is telling us if we cant forgive others, then God cant forgive us. Also, we need to realize, everyone makes mistakes, and if we dont forgive others for their mistakes, then how can God forgive us for ours?? Also, Colossians 3:13-14 says, "For bearing one another, and forgiving one aonother if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgaive you also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness." which means when we fight with others we should forgive them as Christ has forgiven us for all the times we disobey him and we not only need to forgive them, we need to love them. think about it, is it better to hold a grudge or to just forgive and move on?? it goes back to the age-old question...What Would Jesus Do?? which we need to ask ourselves in all sitations. Ephesians 4:32 says, "And be ye kind one to another tender hearted, forgiving one another even as God for Christs sake hat forgiven you" we need to be kind to everyone and forgive eachother. now i've struggled greatly with forgivness in the past, its extremely hard to forgive someone who has greatly wronged you, but think about it, we greatly wrong Jesus everyday, but when we ask for forgiveness, and really mean it, he forgives us no matter what we do. It took me a long time to forgive some people...but i have finally forgiven them, after Davids sermon, it really helped me. so, forgive those who wrong you, because its like a ton more stress to hold a grudge!!
i love y`all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade