so irksome, I hoped that God would not forgive them at all. Or let them have salvation at all. Just like how David would tell God to remember such people who did him wrong and intended him harm. Was that kind of thinking alright? I asked Nissi.
It was on the spur of the moment 'cos at times I recalled how these people were horrifying and violent; I would get so upset I rained curses on them and told God not to let them anywhere near heaven. Awkward 'cos they never offended me personally.
Nissi reminded me that God loves all men, even though all men have sin. It was for men that he gave his only son to die for. Sinful men who keep flouting the law and do cruel things to people and animals. She told me I had just described sin in general and my reaction as to how revolting and abhorrent it is is also how God reacts to sin. And remember, the sin of the people I read about in the news is no different than my own sin. Small sin doesn't mean no sin. For me to rain judgment down on them is to rain judgment on myself. 'Cos I am no different.
The stuff and the rubbish that we hear of everyday in the news is, on the other hand, the very means of a platform to learn to look at God's perspective than my own. And how? He loves sinners, the people, but hates their sin. He wanted to give us a way out of this stupid sin, and that is thru' Jesus dying. He still wants us to be saved.
Psalm 5:5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong;
In Walter A. Henrichsen's Many Aspire Few Attain, point 2 on his checklist on finishing our spiritual warfare well was to hate sin. Imagine the most heinous, despicable thing you've seen people do or say that is so bad it made you want to regurgitate. I have a few very clearly in mind that still bring tears and a bad taste in my mouth. That's how God sees sin and that's how we have to treat it. That's how badly I have to be rid of it. 'cos it makes me rend the earth. Now if only I could still keep the love for people everytime I read the papers/FB.
Drama aside, I was glad with Nissi's honest answer when after all that, she told me she at first didn't know how to reply me. So thank God he gave her the right words or I would have brushed it aside and dwelt in bitterness.
