The Coin in Your Purse

A person once came up to Jesus and said, "Look at all the terrible things these people have done to you. Lord, let's pay them back."

And Jesus said, "I have to pay them back with the coin I have in my purse." What was that? Love and forgiveness.

Wouldn't it be ice if that's the coin you have in your heart? Love and forgiveness. Do you know what forgiveness really entails? repenting from your judgment, forgetting that you made the judgment, and living your life from that point on.

And if you make a mistake, learn from it. You can beat yourself up, but listen: when you are down, you don't need somebody to say how terrible you looked when you fell.

What is it you need when you're down? A helping hand. You need good thoughts inside of you to counterbalance the bad thoughts. And you'd better have an arsenal of affirmations that can pick you up out of any situation and straighten you out and get you going.

Forgiveness
The Key to the Kingdom
John-Roger