Resurrection Sunday- Forgive, Love on them and Forget!

Resurrection Sunday has shed a new light in my life.....not only is it a day I celebrate the resurrection of Christ but God gave me a thought in a deeper sense.....one that left me yearning to be more and more like Christ! Jesus carried His own cross down a street of non-believers and mockers (symbolic to: the world today as a Christian you are carrying the word and sharing it whilst people mock and sometimes even laugh at us), He was hung on the cross, crucified and tormented by on lookers and even ridiculed (symbolic to: the Christians that are persecuted today because of their belief and even tested for reaction to see how much of a Christian they are)......only to utter the words "Father! Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" now this is the powerful epiphany I had..... Am I asking God to forgive all that have betrayed me, mocked me, back stabbed me, talked about me, hated me, slandered me, wronged me, judged me, accused me, disappointed me, hurt me, caused me pain, heartache......I  AM ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE THEM AND FOR MY LOVE FOR THEM TO REMAIN INTACT?....this was the powerful thought that came to mind as Christ went through all the above and all He asked was for their forgiveness.....genuinely…this exemplifies a true LOVE, brothers and sisters God is not asking us to get even, despiteful, vindictive, rather to embrace those that have caused wrong doing in our lives and to forgive them as Christ did, to love on them and to forget, this was a powerful thought as I felt that it took me time in prayer asking God to heal my hurt because of people's wrong doing and my forgiveness for people came with a wager of justification....well they have to apologize first, or......I forgive them but did not feel it in Spirit only because I wanted to go in prayer, or I completely forgave and did not  love on them....  I urge us to be more and more like Christ, there is nothing in life that we have under gone that Jesus has not felt, except His was more intense, if Jesus can forgive and love on the wrong doers so can we!