Eph 5:32 (ESV) Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Matt 6:14-15 (ESV) 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. Matt 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Prov 11:17 A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Matt 18:21-22 Then Peter came up & said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, & I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. — Any issues we may have with another must be brought to God & left! This is the only alternative we have, because we all need to be forgiven & to be forgiven we must forgive! Just look at it as a trade, we give our heavy burdens to God & He gives us grace upon grace! That is truly a very generous trade! So it is simple, want or need mercy, then choose to be merciful! Love Mel
