“Both of you heard stories about someone who needed forgiveness-Saul and David. But, who needs to be forgiven in our house?” I ask it over Sunday lunch.
‘All of us,’ he said. ’Even Elaine.’
Jason and I exchange glances across the table because we know this is too true–we know that all of us, especially he and I, need forgiveness. After losing our temper and losing our cool and just plain losing it, we can’t lose sight of this fact: we are lost without Jesus.
We would do well to sit in these squirmy chairs for a while-this place of admitting that we all need forgiveness.
‘According to Jesus, we all need forgiveness. Knowing we are inadequate before God and other people leads to compassion, but thinking we are good before God and others makes us self-centered and difficult to live with.
The better we think we are, the less we can love. The more we see our need, the more we’ll turn for help…and the more we’ll help others because we are able to see their need.’
Paul Miller Love Walked Among Us
This is the way to love more-to see more of our sin, more of our own problems. The more we see our own sin, the more our salvation actually means something.
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Luke 7:47
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