Life comes at us fast. We all gotta be faster.

You know the hardest thing God ever asked us to do?

Forgive people.  Respect… no not even that… love the people we abhor so much…

I will never find a harder command in the Bible…

Whether that be our friends, our parents, or even total strangers…

We’re supposed to forgive them? 

Do you understand how hard that can be?  I almost find it inconceivable.  I almost wish there were exceptions.  Some Christians think there is…

The trick is… there isn’t…

But how?  How do we forgive the people who have hurt us the most?  The people who abandoned us… the people who lied to us… the people who sold us out… the people who scammed us… even the people who simply would trip you out of sheer personal amusement…

I mean no I’m being serious.  The little things and the life-defining things…

We’re supposed to forgive it all, and even more… “LOVE” those people with the love of Christ…

It seems all so hard…

I don’t know if I can… I mean… I know I could… but sometimes I’m not sure I want too…..

This is who I am!

I’ll walk out this Kingdom not as a duty but an honor.
Now called a son, I’ve been set free from the slavery of sin.
And when I fall, I stand in the face of darkness and I say:
This is who I am!

My father has freed my past, present, and future.

He doesn’t see what I see, He doesn’t see what you see.
He sees my destiny and calls me to be a son.

This is who I am, in the midst of a firefight; You’ve called me a son.
This is who I am, by the power of the risen death and what You’ve done.
This is who I am, all I’ve been and who I’ve become. Oh oh oh…
This is who I am, who I am: I’m a son! …who I am!

Who I Am — Life In Your Way

Hey taxi, send me straight to the heart of it
The nucleus of politics where somebody
Somebody started it
Cause they taxed me with a scalpel piece by piece
they cut me deep and bled me dry until there was nothing left to bleed

And this is how I choose to live
As if I’m jumping off a cliff
knowing that you’ll save me
knowing that you’ll save me
and after all the stupid things I did
there’s nothing left that you’d forgive
because you already forgave me
yeah you already forgave me

Keep driving
leave this deceit miles behind me
so far back I’d have to wrap my mind in
just remind me
I keep trying to pick myself up
and then move on
think about the life I’ll have
when this fragile one is gone.

And this is how I choose to live
As if I’m jumping off a cliff
knowing that you’ll save me
knowing that you’ll save me
and after all the stupid things I did
there’s nothing left that you’d forgive
because you already forgave me
yeah you already forgave me

Never forget
there’s life after death and taxes
Forgiveness come
and all of the rest
is what passes away
Death and decay can’t touch us now

Every breath that I inhale is followed by exhaling traps the one who never fails
I know you’ll never fail me
 
Never forget
there’s life after death and taxes
Forgiveness come (forgiveness come)
and all of the rest
it just passes away

Never forget
there’s life after death and taxes
Forgiveness come
and all of the rest
it just passes away

Death and decay can’t touch us now.

Relient K — Life After Death & Taxes

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My favorite Relient K song

Queen of hearts. Queen of hearts.
But you are the deceiver with a lying tongue and matching lips.
My heart thirsts for vengeance, but my Father has taught me forgiveness.
If I had not decided to follow Him, I’D DEVOUR YOU!!! LIKE A LION, LEAVING YOUR BONES OUT TO DRY!
I’d put you through the same HELL you put me through, pouring out conspiracies and lies!

Just keep driving
leave this deceit miles behind me
so far back I’d have to wrap my mind in
just remind me
I keep trying to pick myself back up
and then move on
and think about the life I’ll have
when this fragile one is gone.

Relient K — Life After Death (and Taxes)
this song overcame my mind this morning… idk why XP

A very powerful song by For Today
I promise it isn’t screaming and growling filled
you should listen to it!

seriously!