Have been reading recently a book called 'Whats So Amazing About Grace' and would highly recommend it.

One thing i would like to note is that it is only by grace and forgiveness, thru Gods enablement, that will bring about true peace into any situation. Forgiveness is not a calculation that will ever make sense on a human level as generally the person wont deserve it but basically its giving you the ability to move on free from the whole situation that is entangling you and giving God his rightful place of being the one who deals out the judgement so we dont have to. He is just.

Its also amazing how, if we dont seek to forgive,a cycle builds up that only continues getting bigger and bigger and its only when Grace is applied that the cycle is broken. However, as i have only realised, it is you who must take the the first step. It doesnt work otherwise. It lingers and breeds.

Found it incredible to read that in the parable of the prodigal son that the father ran to the son when he returned home and immediatley forgave, didnt even wait for an apology. That would have been so anti-cultural back in Jesus time.

We have to forgive immediately, even taking the first step. God did. He sent his son to die for us.

Hope this makes sense.

God bless,

Matthew