as freely as you've recieved, freely give

mathew 18:21-35
"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents [millions of dollars] was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii [only a few dollars]. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.

His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

how wonderful God is. he's forgiven our sins, and counted us as friends. we owe him so much, we don't deserve a thing. God doesn't expect anything back from us because our greatest gift is so small. how much more then, should we forgive others? if God has given grace to us in everything, why can't we just give some mercy to our neighbor? freely we've recieved, now let's freely give.

la musique
-U2
-lauyn hill
-snow patrol
-in medias res
-"your love is extravagant" -Daryl Evans
-david crowder

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

isaiah 55:9

peace out