Forgiveness is a choice . It is a deliberate choice, which we make each day. Before we can fully accept God's forgiving love for us, we must extend that same love to others. It's one of the grittiest things we can do. I had not planned to incorporate this incident into my sermon when I wrote my notes on Friday, but there you are.
Forgiveness just comes up, day by day.
This was a whole string of cannon crackers. I mean, I got up out of bed standing. I was ready to go out there, and forgive those people with a baseball bat. Love which can't deal in some way with moments like this, is not sturdy enough to lean on. It can't bear any weight at all.