Because I Love and Care

Its 4 am and I still can't get to sleep. At least I was able to learn something while being awake this entire time. I am going to just get straight to the point since I am kind of tired and am kind of wanting to get to bed. Tonight (or should I say early this morning) one of my closest friends really let me down and kind of hurt me. At first, I was absolutely set against forgiving her at the moment. After we talked some more (which is another amazing thing because with her, I usually avoid the conflict and completely shut down), I found myself in a position where I was able to forgive her. A complete change of heart within a couple of hours. I got off of the phone, and started to think about what really helped me to forgive her. One thing that came to my mind while I was talking to her that I didn't get to say while on the phone was that God gives us so many second chances. I know what she did was not intentional, and I know she is truly sorry for it. Isn't that kind of how God is with us? He knows our heart, and if we are truly sorry, and even if we did do something intentional, He is willing to forgive us. After we hung up I finally made the connection of why I was able to forgive. Simply because I love and I care. It was hard for me while we were on the phone not to say what I was really feeling in a way that would only hurt her or make her feel badly. That was not my motive, so I didn't want that to show. God forgives us for the same reason...because He loves us and because He cares!