“...it keeps no record of wrongs...” -1 Corinthians 13:5
This is oft misinterpreted verse. To keep no records of wrong doesn’t mean you forget about it. God keeps no record of our wrongs doesn’t mean that He’s thinking, “What did Gerald do again? I forgot.” To keep no record of wrongs means that you treat that person AS IF the person didn’t commit the crime or the offense. It’s another way of saying, “Love forgives.”
When we DO keep a record of wrongs, we still allowed what the person did to us to bother us and to shade the way we treat the offender. That’s not true forgiveness. When God forgave us of our sins, He doesn’t say, “I forgive you but I’m still going to condemn you a little bit.” There’s no condemnation. When God forgives, it’s a true and complete forgiveness.
That’s what we ought to do when we are wronged. We need to ask God to help us be like Him—to forgive fully and completely, not keeping a mental record of wrongs that we keep going over and over again in our minds.
Are you keeping a record of wrongs from those who have offended you or hurt you? Or, are you asking God to help you forgive people in the same way He has forgiven us?
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