The Cost of Forgiveness
"Forgiveness cost God His Son on the cross, but what does it cost us to forgive one another? Forgiving costs us our sense of justice. We all have this innate sense deep within our souls, but it has been perverted by our selfish sinful natures... We must realize that justice has been done... In order to forgive our brother, we must be satisfied with God's justice and forego the satisfaction of our own."- Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness
[Addendum] Coincidentally, P Larry spoke about forgiveness today during service. He noted that trying to forgive someone can be a form of suffering... His wife shared her testimony to the congregation, definitely helped me see how forgiving can be a life-long journey... it can be just the "thorn" God leaves in our lives to draw us closer...
Worship: An Inward, Spiritual Experience
This is small chunk that helped me come to peace about the 6000 denominations in Protestant as well as the Catholicism v. Protestantism tension that's been going on in the Jiang family...
"... the New Testament is not a manual for worship services. Rather, it is a vision for missions in thousands of diverse people groups around the world. In such groups, outward forms of worship will vary drastically, but the inner reality of treasuring Christ in spirit and truth is common ground."
- John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad
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