Forgive, and you have Inner Peace

Alexis Fernando Jimenez died when two days before that his eighty-seven years. The grandchildren had prepared a feast on a farm. Cake and folk music. What he liked. His death could go unnoticed, but it was not. Ramon Peralta Arsayús, an experienced farmer in Costa Rica became a world record. The reason? He served twelve years, four months and six days, hating his father. I was a teenager when the parent scolded him in the middle of a meeting. "You should not intervene in adult conversations, because you're a kid?, His father rebuked him. As he shrugged his shoulders, a prey to anger the man hit his face and sent him to the room. That incident will never be erased from his mind. "I hate him?, Was repeated over and over again. His father's efforts were in vain in search of them back to have a friendly. The boy's eyes was always full of resentment. Do not even spare a day, intoxicated, asked for forgiveness. "Son, I acknowledge that the incident hurt you that day. Forgive?. He just smiled and said nothing. No forgave him. When dying in a clinic, the father called Ramon, but even so emotional at that time, made the decision.

This he shared with his wife and their children: "I think I can ever forgive him?. He always insisted that on his gravestone marked: "Here lies someone who could not forgive?. And although they refused, their families commented on the day of the wake that nested hatred until the last moment of your life ... God forgave you, you are called to forgive since before the creation of the world, God loved us. He is love and His love for us knows no bounds (Jeremiah 31:3 a; 1 John 4.7; John 3:16). When we understand the greatness of that love, seen in its true dimension that love must be one of the hallmarks that makes a difference wherever we are, what we think and do: "We know we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding.? (1 John 3:14, 15. New International Version) God's love must be reciprocated. He loves us, that's for sure -. And we ought to love and love to those around you with whom we interact, and even those of us who wake up without having been ill treated.

The dimensions of love was an ordinary day, if Monday or Tuesday, no one remembers, although what happened and turned the occasion into something extraordinary would happen to the story. The Lord Jesus was in Jerusalem. A group of scholars in the scriptures, leaders of the Pharisees approached him in order to trap underground. "Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the law? --. "Love the LORD your> God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all thy mind?, - Jesus answered him -. This is her first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39, NIV).

Based on this principle that Jesus taught, we find the two dimensions of love in our hearts must be nested in a relationship that is oriented in two directions: one vertical and one horizontal. The vertical, the need to love God, which in turn is reflected in harmony and spiritual growth. The horizontal line, we find the importance of forgiving and loving ourselves and others. As you recall, a few paragraphs ago we read that the apostle John associated with a transgression hatred dire: murder. Unforgiveness is a bondage not forgive those who harmed us, causing instability in our spiritual life and triggers stagnation in the process of personal growth. It is a terrible bondage that Satan uses to destroy us. He knows seize these seeds of hatred and resentment to gain ground, not in vain the Lord Jesus warned us that the enemy "... comes only to steal and kill and destroy ...?, Adding the beloved Savior:" ... I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly? (John 10:10 a). I invite you to evaluate for a moment what benefits our being thrown into the unforgiving attitude to take.

No! By contrast, produces anxiety and unhappiness that extend as much as we bent on hate. Want to receive forgiveness?, Then sorry In the Kingdom of God there is an inescapable law which has existed since the very foundation of the universe. It is the law of sowing and harvesting. We reap what we have planted. The beloved Master explained it in simple words, they find a deeper meaning: "Judge not, and will not be judged. Do not condemn, and are not condemned. Forgive and be forgiven. Give, and it will give them: They poured into your lap a good measure, pressed down, shaken together and overflowing. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you? (Luke 6:37, 38. New International Version) If forgiveness and receive forgiveness. Not only from God but from those around us. We can not expect others will forgive our sins if we do not forgive ourselves. Recue4rde where mercy triumphs over the trial. The prelude to a good reconciliation with God is to forgive others and forgive us. Nobody forces us to forgive. It's a personal decision. The Lord Jesus taught: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, forgive you also your heavenly Father.

But if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your sins (Matthew 6:14, 15, New International Version). The apostle James, meanwhile, was more blunt when he warned: "Speak and behave yourselves as having to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because there will be a trial without compassion for those who act without mercy. Compassion trumps trial!? (James 2:12, 13. New International Version). If you forgive, you begin the process of transforming your inner world and his surroundings. Do not contaminate other end Unforgiveness influencing not only in our heart that is filled with bitterness, but in those around you. As explained in my view is the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, the apostle Paul: "Make sure ... that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many ...? (Hebrews 12:15, NIV) Forgiveness is not easy. It was not before or it is now. For that reason, it is in our forces in which we must try to forgive, but God forces. The Bible teaches us that in Jesus we can do, "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me? (Philippians 4:13, NIV).

Recognizing that it is in Jesus Christ as we move toward forgiveness and thus the inner healing of our hearts hurt when we have harmed, it is important a final recommendation: In the future, reject all thoughts that feed the resentment, and take him captive to the obedience to Christ as taught by this wonderful book is the Bible (2 Corinthians 10:5). Find that their lives will experience significant changes. If you want to achieve inner peace, develop a forgiving attitude! Did Jesus Christ dwells in your heart? We can not conclude this discussion without asking: Have you received Jesus Christ into your heart? Today is appropriate to do so. Say a prayer: "Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I have sinned. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, to forgive me and open the doors to a new life. I receive you in my heart as the sole and sufficient Savior. Make me the person You want me to be. Amen? If you prayed that prayer, congratulations. Now I have three invitations for you: First, make prayer a daily life principle. Prayer is talking with God as our heavenly Father, but also as our beloved friend. The second, read the wonderful book, the Bible, in which you will learn simple and practical principles that will lead to personal and spiritual success, and finally, begin to congregate in a Christian church.

Your life will not be the same today with the help of the Savior! If you have any questions, please write to fernandoalexis@aol.es or can contact me at (0057) 317-4913705. © Fernando Alexis Jimenez