So many good deeds are wasted because the heart that offers them is closed to grace through sin…
Matthew 5:23 Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, 24 leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
“My child, so many good deeds are wasted because the heart that offers them is closed to grace through sin. Do not be one of these, my child. Be reconciled to all insofar as they allow it. Be the one to make the first move and do not stop praying for the one who has offended you. Give them all to me. See how I love them; for them I died. Can you hate someone I love and died for? Child, hatred is a poison in the soul. Be reconciled. Be at peace. Then offer me the deeds, the gifts and the prayers you have brought. I will see your offerings and I will bless you.”
Lord, show me what I must do. Help me to forgive in my heart those who have wronged me and help me to be reconciled to them in your name. Lord have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.
Posted: February 25th, 2007 under Reconciliation.
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