Blame

"Forgiving each other if someone has blame against somebody," Colossians 3:13.

Well, now. OK. If I have to. Forgive, I mean. If they deserve it. My forgiveness. I'll forgive them if they deserve it. But it's their fault, you know. Theirs is the blame. And so on. Forgiveness challenges in that the person who did the wrong can never deserve mercy. Mercy is the kindness you get when you don't deserve it. That's what mercy means. Waiting to give mercy until they deserve it ... like waiting to give a baby its bottle until it stops crying for it. Not gonna happen. (we do want to survive the ordeal, right?) Forgiveness does not depend upon the forgivee. It depends upon the forgiver. Just like God. He forgives. Ours, the blame.

We thank God that his forgiveness righted us before deserving it. We forgive that special brother or sister today. Because God in Christ forgave us. Mercy, mercy, mercy, O God!