Love... A Better Reaction

Have you ever been treated unfairly, wronged, abused, or violated?  So what do you do with all that?  You're mad, hurt, you have these bad images you can replay.  You know that Jesus went through this too.  He was horribly wronged, prosecuted and punished unjustly, mocked, beaten, bruised, publicly humiliated, and killed.  You probably know the story, and the phrase in Luke 23:34 as Jesus cried “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”  Interesting enough, according to this Jesus was saying that the people crucifying him did not know they were doing wrong.  Then Jesus asks God to forgive them.  When we’re hurt sometimes at first we might want God to go get them, not forgive them.  Or I want to say something mean to them, or write a letter or email, But that isn’t quite how Jesus set the example here.  So how should we react?  Jesus shows us here the right reaction is love.  Its a better reaction cause our mean words don’t make anything better, usually makes it worse.  Instead, ask God for the strength to forgive them, and that He forgives them too.  Now this is the right answer.  Try it today, and see for yourself.