” Every once in awhile you come across a story that clearly illustrates what Christianity is all about.”
Most of us would like to be this kind of Christian, but few of us will attain it.
GOD has blessed him with the strength to forgive. I hope I would have the willpower and strength to do the same. I read the book unbroken and at the end I have to admit I was rooting for the US Serviceman to get revenge on his Japanese captors.....
Being true to the precepts put forth by our Lord is really difficult. Sadly, I find myself so far from the mark most times that I'm truely grateful our Lord is merciful. Those few times it my life when I felt well and truely within his will should be enough to cause me to more fervently seek that well being of spirit always, but we poor creatures are easily distracted by shiny things, and we forget that which we should not.
Walking the walk of Christ is not an easy task.
Most of us will never have the opportunity to be "this kind of Christian". Most of us will never face any worse persecution than having misguided or malevolent folks say bad things about us.
Still, we should ask God to give us the grace to forgive them.
"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us ..."