There’s no compelling reason to forgive those who’ve hurt me if I only see it as my generosity. But I’m empowered to forgive when I begin to see it as my gratitude to Christ.
Whatever trial, hurdle, test, or disaster we might face in our moment of truth, the truest provision will always come from knowing the Words of the Truest Bread.
We think of the will as fairly straightforward: I desire; I advance; I obtain. But if, for instance, you’ve ever taken kids to Disneyland, you know that a parent’s will is a bit more … complex.
Sacrificial and Passover lambs came from a very specific flock, in a very specific place. And we know from the Mishna that Bethlehem was the officially sanctioned location.
