Knowledge Brings Forgiveness

The Good News Today Is...we are able to write our history down. Words of wisdom are passed by mouth generation to generation. Yet it is the ability that we can keep a recorded history that gives us the opportunity to learn from others in the past - not just by chance but by design. Take for instance this quote by Catherine The Great; "The more a man knows, the more he forgives." These profound words ring true and make me think about forgiveness in a new way. So many of our petty grievances are held onto tightly because we do not see the big picture around a situation. We get hung up with the focus on ourselves and our hurts and we cannot find the forgiveness that we know God would have us give. If we step back from our hurt and try to learn what caused the situation, really come to know the whole picture - seeing things from a different perspective, we can find the forgiveness. God forgave our sins in Jesus name, let us do the same for others.