My God of Forgiveness,
I began reading Job 15. One of Job's friends, Eliphaz, speaks words of condemnation. This is a very lengthy chapter, 35 verses. I thought to myself, "how could anyone speak hopelessness and judgment from God when his friend was hurting so".
I may not openly tell someone, who I despise, that they deserved what they got based on how much they hurt me. However, I have thought it. I have also thought that they deserved what has happened to them. On the otherhand, if a friend was having a trial, I would wonder what they had done to deserve this judgment from God.
Yes, I have felt justice was served when someone who hurt me was having a hard time. My curiousity would desire to know the sin a friend had committed. Then I would determine the how big or little the sin was before I placed judgment. All the time saying, "I would never do such a thing".
Have mercy on me, Father. Please forgive me. Thank you for revealing this sin to me. My desire is to clean my soul so that I may be more like your precious son, Jesus.
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