Hi all,
I hoped to get this out earlier today but I am having a challenging week. If this were not a religious blog and if I were not trying to be extra good considering all of Jesus’s sufferings — I might insert a different word for challenging. But since that’s not the case, I’m muddling through the best I can. Intermittent visits to my closet to eat the Easter candy I hid for the baskets is an upside to this week that is helping.
Normally, I would share this post when things were less hectic but I feel like it’s an important one to consider during Holy Week. The post is about forgiveness. While I know that’s a subject many of us would like to forget for reasons that feel painfully justified, all of the sufferings Jesus endured were done so that we may be forgiven. Hard or not, forgiveness is the hope of our salvation — both God’s forgiveness and the forgiveness we show our neighbor. (Yes, even that neighbor!)
Here is the link to my latest post in The Florida Times-Union https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2022/04/10/guest-column-resisting-mercy-forgiveness-only-makes-hurt-more/7224751001/
May you experience the freedom of forgiveness and the joy made possible through his resurrection. ~ Love, Lara
very nice article. I also have been eating the Easter candy hidden in my closest.
Ha! Well, now we don’t have to sneak anymore! (Or maybe we do!)