If God, who has every right to find us guilty, refuses to do so, how can we not forgive one another? If God, who sees everything we’ve ever done and could easily drown us in our guilt and shame, seeks only to make us whole and give us freedom, how can that not be our intention toward one another?
Even in our current environment, we have what is now known as “cancel culture.” We ransack the history of every tweet a person has ever written, every statement a public personality has ever made, any joke a comedian has ever delivered, or any mistake a person has ever made in the past, looking for ammunition to end their careers. We do not allow for change, or growth, or simply the imperfection of being human.
Condemning is easy. It’s also ugly and inelegant. Grace makes both the giver and the recipient more beautiful…. Grace believes in your future.
Erwin McManus
