Forgiveness is kin to christian life. A forgiving fellow always remember that man is not a perfect being and this makes him to forgive others. While some can easily forgive their fellow human being others find it so difficult to forgive even themselves from one mistake or the other- remember you can't really give out what you don't have.
Jesus in the suffering that was imposed on him by the same people He performed miracles in their midst, must be embittered but He still asked His Father in heaven to forgive them. He wished that all those offences of theirs should never be counted for them. But then is so baffling that He understands the Jewish people. He understands the whole event as caused by expensive act of ignorance. He understands that these men don't even know what they are doing: that they have crucified their savour; that through His death the gospel and reign of Jesus which they are trying so hard to suppress will reach the ends of the earth; that man will be saved from eternal damnation; that all His bruises are for healing; that He will bring them and the next generation life; that He is the Messiah they have been waiting for; that He is the resurrection and life. Yes they don't know, they don't really know.
Today, this very first word of Jesus is teaching us to forgive our neighbor whatever wrong they have done to us because sometimes they don't really know what they are doing. And again let us learn to forgive ourselves from every mistake.
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