Forgiveness. (Eph4:31-32)

This is a lesson I seem to need to relearn often; Forgiveness.
Ephesians 4:31-32 "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

Forgiveness: To pardon, or the act of mercy. To forgive or excuse.
Many things come up in life where they aren't what one wants. Where unpleasant things have to be suffered. My heart and pride have trouble forgiving those who would willingly hurt someone else.
Romans 3:9-10 "What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;"
Though I know in my mind and in my heart that I am no better, I feel the right to be angry at them. To hold them to a standard only God is, is hypocritical and unfair.

For as long as I can remember I have held an anger in my heart against my parents for their human failings. Today I have really faced that as my mother asked for forgiveness after reading this blog post: http://tlorachel.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-day-is-coming.html . I did not respond to it at the time, as my heart was unwilling, and I dare not add lying to the sin of my anger. I searched The Word on what to do because I knew that I was not to hold the past against them. In Mark11:26 the Bible says "But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."
As I think of how I have held onto all those little things that really don't matter, my heart drops. If God held the same attitude I would have no hope for heaven. I know it will come up in my mind again and again and I will have to forgive from my heart and soul a countless amount of times, but I know "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians4:13)
And when I really think about it, if it hadn't been for everything being the way it was, I wouldn't be here with my wonderful grandmother; I may not truly know Christ. I am thankful for everything my parents have done for me. I had my own room, with tons of toys. I had my own laptop and all the internet I could ever want and more. Sure, sometimes I felt like I lacked things, but that doesn't really mean I did as much as I felt. I am alive now, and learning about much life... and forgiveness.
I love my parents and I know God gave me them for a reason, though I may not know exactly why, I trust Him and what His has planned for my life.

Welcome! (Rom2:3)

Welcome any and all who care to see the Bible through my eyes. This is less for you than for me though, as most blogs are. I am imposing myself with this goal; To post daily something that God has shown me from His Word(The old King James Bible), my thoughts on it, and how it applies to my life.
For those who have trouble with "Thee's" "Thou's" and the such, see end of post.

Today as I read in Romans this verse stood out to me: "And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which so such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgement of God?" (Rom2:3)
The Apostle Paul wrote this to all the followers of Christ in Rome (Rom1:7a "To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:"), But God Himself wrote this speaking to me.

For as long as I can remember I have looked at what people do, and have let an anger set in my heart for all the things not of God. Even before He was my Savoir I felt this hate for it, though, then, it was not because they were sinning against God; It was because their actions and their words did not agree. In short, I dislike hypocrites.

So, how does this all apply? Well, I look at this verse and I have had the sobering effect of realizing again that I am a sinner. I do the same thing- I sin. I may sin in different ways, or even the same way, but either way, I sin. Thankfully, I will "escape" the eternal judgement of God through my Salvation in Jesus Christ my Lord. Though, in Deuteronomy he says "Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him." (deu8:5-6) And I know I live everyday with the judgement of God. It is His place to judge us and to lead us; To correct us, and to avenge us. To judge someone is to take upon one's self the place of God, if that judgement is truly of ones self. We know that anything that doesn't match the commandment of God is sin, and we can "judge" people by that, and try to help lead them back to the Lord, and help them through trials and all the things of the world with The Word. Paul wrote in Second Timothy "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." (2Tim3:16-17)
To stay away from the judgement and chastisement of God, I am studying to know Him, and how I should lead my life.
Psalm 119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
Psalm 19:13-14 "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."