Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Today, I planned on posting about something entirely different.

But God woke me up this morning and told me to get on facebook.

Weird right?

Anyways, once logged on, he directed me towards my boss's page.

And there I found the link to the newpaper article about her husband's uncle who had been killed recently in an accident.

He was hit by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle in Florida.

From what I've heard he was a good man and came from a wonderful family.

This accident was tragic and very unexpected.

Anyways, I know that the family has been having a very hard time coping with the loss.

My boss posted the link to the article so that friends and other family could see what happened.

In the article they quoted my boss's husband who is the nephew of the man who was killed.

The exact quote was this

"Nephew,---- ------, said his uncle went to church every day and added: ‘As Christians, we can’t just throw blame and say she was drunk. You can’t have hate in your heart. You just can’t.’



... um can you say WOW.

If that were me, I'd be furious.

It's so hard to forgive those who have hurt us isn't it?

The Lord knows I've had my fair share of hurt in my life.

And I've also hurt others too many times in my life.

But we never want to forgive.

It means letting our guards down for someone who we just don't feel deserve that.

I'm the worst.

 If someone hurts me, I close them off and shut them out.

I never forgive, never forget.

That person is never allowed to be part of my life again.

This isn't God's way.

This isn't a good Christian.

The things that touched me the most by this article though, the thing I truly believe God wanted me to see and to share with you, is a comment made under the article.

If you've ever read a news article on a newspaper's website,

you know there is a section for readers to leave their comments.

Anyways, this comment was left:

"Sounds like the victim's family actually embody the TRUE meaning of Christianity - forgiveness and unwillingness to judge (in the face of great personal tragedy) - and I say this as an Atheist. I applaud their selflessness (not sure I could be so forgiving given the circumstances)

- ladybritish, Expat in NC USA, 19/3/2012 18:32"

EVEN MORE WOW!!

Isn't this, what we as Christians, should strive for?

For others to be able to look at us and just feel the power of God.

In our actions. In our words.

And for an atheist to say they "embody the TRUE meaning of Christianity"

That gives me chills.

I want to be that kind of Christian.

I want to be able to exude God's presence in such a way that someone can just be around me and know that the power of the Lord is around me and the love of God is in my heart.

I want people to just look at me and say "I want what she has"

Not the kind that the world has turned "Christians" into.

The hypocritical, judgemental, unforgiving, unloving, closed off, "body of Christ"

Y U C K.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for blessing my life so richly with your goodness and love. Thank you for bestowing your grace upon me. Thank you for forgiving me. You sent your ONLY son to this world to die for my sins, so that I could have a relationship with you. Help me to love like that. Help me to forgive like that. I want to be more like you Father. I want to be so much like you that people can just feel you surrounding me whenever they glance in my direction. I want to inspire others to come to know you because they want to experience the same divine intervention that I have in my own life. I want to show others what your love and grace is all about. Help me to be the Christian you desire me to be Father. Help me to love. Help me to forgive. Help me to not be judgemental. Help me to be selfless. Thank you. I love you. Amen.