Mark 4:24, "Listen carefully to what you hear! The way you treat others will be the way you will be treated!" This is the Universal Law. If someone treats you badly in some particular way, look to see who you are treating in the same way. If someone is gossiping about you, chances are you have gossiped about someone yourself! If you are being treated unfairly, look to see who you are treating unfairly or have done so in the past.---The Universal Law. At the same time the Universal Law works for good deeds, but it is less likely to be watched as closely, for good deeds are not to be done for the purpose of having them returned.
"God, give me the grace to examine myself so that I do not become a victim of my own thoughtless acts. Help me to see when I have done wrong and repent, making amends to the person victimized. Give me the grace to listen and be aware of hurtful acts and help me to center on you and your grace given to others. Amen."
Written long ago, this lesson still applies to me today. However, I have learned one thing more about acts done wrongly, and treating someone badly from the book MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST, by Oswald Chambers. We have been justified by faith for our wrongdoing. We are born again and can have new beginnings solely because of the atonement of our Lord by His death on the cross. God Himself paid for our sinfulness. Therefore, going to God when we treat someone wrongly
and give thanks for God's atonement on our part, helps us to realize our imperfections and gives us grace for the one we may have hurt and grace for ourselves. We don't beat up others nor do we beat up on ourselves. Christ paid for our mistakes already. Praise His Holy Name!! Forgiveness all around. Yet, sometimes it is up to us to say the words, "Forgive me!"
Yours, in the Forgiveness of God.
Jo INMN
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