Grace In The Courtroom!
"If you forgive the sins of
any, they are forgiven."
John 20: 23
“I rarely see grace in this courtroom, but I saw it today,” said Judge
Leticia Marques. Ronald Davis, 55, was sentenced to life in prison
for killing an 85-year-old woman in Orlando. The victim’s husband,
Rev. Bill Curl, forgave the man who had killed his
wife.
“For him, we have nothing but forgiveness, for love, for a hope
that the rest of his life has a better quality, and one day he’ll
come to know Jesus,” Curl said. “He obviously should be
punished for what he did but that doesn’t negate forgive-
ness.”
Forgiving someone who hurt us is very hard. It’s actually
impossible unless the grace of God enters our hearts
and
reminds us of how our Lord has forgiven us. Jesus taught
us to pray, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors” (Matthew 6:12).
If we’ve prayed that God will forgive our debts
as we forgive our debtors we will be ready to
forgive those who hurt us.
If you feel you can’t forgive someone, ask the
Lord to give you
the forgiving Spirit of Jesus.
He will help you!
"To be a Christian means to forgive the
inexcusable because God has forgiven
the inexcusable in you."
C. S. Lewis
