I keep writing sentences and erasing them this morning. I think it’s because I still do not think that I should share specifically what the Lord is doing with me, right now, in my heart. It’s a wonderful, wonderful thing, but I am not at liberty to share details. But I did want to share something the Lord spoke to my heart yesterday.
I was reading through some Scriptures yesterday morning and came across 2 Corinthians 2:5-8
If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you, to some extent—not to put it too severely. The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.
In a book that I am reading through, the writer has this to say about the passage above:
Father, help me understand that the punishment and repercussions that come to people when they have done wrong is often sufficient for them. Instead of causing more grief, Your Word says I ought to forgive and comfort the person, so that he or she will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Lord help me to the be the kind of person I’d want ministering to me after I failed.
It was that last sentence that got me … Lord help me to be the kind of person that I would want ministering to me when I fail. Wow. What kind of minister am I? Do I minister to others the way that I want them to minister to me? Those questions really got me thinking about myself, about failure and about forgiveness.
I soon realized that I am arrogant and judgmental and grudge-bearing. I don’t minister to others the way that would want them to minister to me when I fail. I need to change … I must change … I want to change. I want to minister God’s miraculous grace and mercy and love to the world. How can I do that with so much arrogance and judgmentalness and such in my heart? No, I cannot.
Lord help me to be the kind of person that I would want ministering to me when I fail.
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