Growing In God

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 i must learn that i must forgive because of what Jesus did for me.   It doesn't matter about what's been done to me.  i release the Table Talk crew and bus drivers who purposely slam on the brakes at bus stops because they know i have a bad back.  i must focus on what the blood of Jesus has done for me.  My pile of sins over the years is high and huge and i've been forgiven thanks to Jesus' work on the Cross.  Any offender's acts against me are mere pieces of paper that i threw toward the wastepaper basket and missed.  My willingness to forgive freely is a sure sin that i'm growing in God. That's my journey now.  To grow in God the rest of the way, journeyman that i am.


Elephants can be mean.  i've heard it said that they have good memories.  So they probably have resentments which build up over time.  i watched a video of an elephant that crushed and destroyed a zebra at a watering hole.  i've seen one chase after an automobile that was just innocently passing by on the road when the elephant appeared .  Nobody was bothering the elephant.  i suppose they're not as cute as i thought they were.  i even saw a baby elephant go berserk.  Elephants aren't in love with humans as we think they are.  But they build up resentments just like people do.

Resentment like a cancer is not static.  It changes over time.  ...looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many come defiled. -[Hebrews 12:15]   Resentment does not give me a feeling of superiority over anybody.  Who do i think i am anyway?  Who do i think i am having superiority over anybody!  Only You, YAH, have that.  i know You have already forgiven me for my wrong thinking--and there's been plenty of that--only You deserve to have superiority because You are passion with no reckoning and You have been all along.

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