Law and Forgiveness

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Eph. 4:32

A young man with drug resistant TB rode on some airplanes recently. He said he was told there was no danger to other passengers. Now there is a different story and fellow passengers are being advised to get tested for TB.

The following quote hit me as being a sad reflection on our society.
“I don’t expect for people to ever forgive me. I just hope that they understand that I truly never meant to put them in harm,” he said, his voice cracking.

The young man is a lawyer. He regularly sees the dark side of people, the greed and bitterness. Even some who call themselves Christians fall into this trap. They refuse to forgive even though the Bible says, if they do not, the Lord will not forgive them. So sad.

How much better the example of the Amish people who forgave the milkman who murdered their children and even helped the family afterwards.

We live in a lost and hurting society, in a lost and hurting world. We need to pray for one another and keep from being among the greedy and unforgiving. It's a very hard thing to do but we must.