Tuesday, March 17

Scripture for the Day:

Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.” And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, “Pay what you owe.” Then his fellow-slave fell down and pleaded with him, “Have patience with me, and I will pay you.” But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt. When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, “You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have had mercy on your fellow-slave, as I had mercy on you?” And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he should pay his entire debt. So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.’ – Matthew 18:21-35

Reflection – Saramaria Allenby

Forgiveness.
So incredibly hard and wonderful. We need to embody forgiveness. Take on Christ and live it out loud in our life every day to fully participate and offer a future to ourselves not bound by the past. We hear it, read and say it many times in words…”forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”…. But to truly forgive ourselves, forgive others, admit we are mere mortals, imperfect, unyielding and RIGHT, we need to truly live forgiveness.

So. Here is the recommended recipe to fulfill the physical action required to achieve and live, breathe, eat, sleep (and do it all over again day by day by day…every day).

Recipe for forgiveness:

Ingredients: First you will need a body (preferably your own) and you will need to fill it with:

7 cups of truthfulness mixed with patience
7 oz mercy
70 tsp of love, empathy and compassion

Mix with
Letting go of anger

Dissolving bitterness

Release of blame

Sift in
7 tons of kindness, reconciliation and hope
77 cups of moving on
A pinch of reckoning
Endless peace
Acknowledgement of human sin
Release of being RIGHT
70 ½ tbsp of freedom
Know comfort and joy

Mix all together and add
Practice daily
And an infinite amount of
Prayer
From your heart.