“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:14-15 (ESV)
We are often troubled by thinking about ourselves as superior to those around us. We always have a good motive for our actions, and an excellent reason to be angry with those who get in our way. In some strange way, we want to be like God, where all we do and say is "right," and those who question us are wrong. Yet, we are not God, and this thought process breeds tension and division. We can never be at peace while wishing harm on others. All of us are sinful and need God's mercy and grace; we would be wise to remember this when others do things to hurt us.
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