“You say you’re sorry! No….. you say you’re sorry!” Does this conversation sound familiar to you? Sometimes, relationships can be hard. The people we love can hurt us deeply and it can cause a rift between us and them. Conflict can leave us feeling betrayed and wounded emotionally, physically, and mentally. How should we handle a situation when we are feeling wronged? How do we forgive and grant forgiveness to those who have hurt us? The story in Genesis 50 is a big help when we think about granting and seeking forgiveness. A man named Joseph had a long list of reasons as to why he should not forgive his brothers. Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him and sold him into slavery. Then while he
Have you ever done something in your life that made you realize later that what you did was a sin? Did that sin produce guilt in your life? Or shame? When you’ve made a mistake against God or someone else and you’re condemning yourself feelings of guilt and shame can follow you. How could I’ve done this? Why did I do this? Does God still love me? When we have sinned against God what can we do? In the Bible, in 2 Samuel 12, King David, a man after God’s heart, made many terrible mistakes. David committed sexual adultery with Bathsheba, he made Uriah (Bathsheba’s husband) get drunk, he tried to cover up his sin, he coveted someone else’s wife, and he eventually caused Uriah to die (murder). Th
