text: March 2018 - Mustard Seed KidzMustard Seed Kidz
  Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness. It can be such a very difficult thing to do.
  We read verses about the importance of forgiveness yet we hold onto resentment and anger within ourselves.
  We're angry at someone's actions or we're angry at someone's words or we're angry at ourselves for whatever reason.
  But forgiveness is so important to God that he said if you don't forgive others I will not forgive you. Wow! Just think about that one for a minute.
  Does forgiving somebody means that we should allow them to be a negative Force in our lives? Absolutely not. But forgiving someone who has offended you does mean recognizing that each one of us falls short of the glory of God on a regular basis.
  The reason that God tells us to forgive others is that each one of us is equal in our sin. And we must look beyond sin and look to God.
  God is so amazing! He created the things that we see and the things that we don't see. He created each individual plant. He watches as animals in the wilderness give birth. He sees the depth of the earth and the depths of the ocean. He sees the flower planted on a ledge far beyond any eyes vision. He feels the heart of each and every person as they laugh, as they love, as they hurt and as they live every moment of their lives.
  And God sees all that you are experiencing too. And it is so easy to fall into ourselves and the situations at hand, but I want to show you a better way out of your situation. Instead of focusing on your problems, which are temporary, and what someone has done to you or what you have done to someone else, turn your focus to the eternal God. Recognize his greatness. Recognize that he is so amazing and so powerful and so great!
  Put your thoughts and put your mind on to our great Almighty Savior and realize that our forgiving someone else or forgiving our self is the least that we can do to show our appreciation to God.