In the
last week I had quite a few adventurous days. Believe it or not, but I’ve been
in and out of the police station! Thankfully, not as a convict, but as a
complainant.
The week
before that, I got an SMS which threatened me saying, “……You will see your end
soon.” This was the first time that I got an anonymous threat to my life, but
somehow I wasn’t disturbed. Nevertheless as a procedure and a precautionary
measure I had to register a complaint with the local Police and that’s how the
frequent visit to the cops began. After a few days, they finally nabbed the guy
who did this. He was someone I knew. When I first saw him at the Police
Station, I felt nothing, may be because I suspected him from the very
beginning. But when he was questioned by the cops in front of me, there was
such a surge of emotions within me. The lame excuses that he was giving and the
way he was justifying his act made me furious. I felt disgusted and I could
feel anger and hatred building up within me. I had initially decided to forgive
him and ignore the incident but every time he spoke, the reasons and excuses
that he gave were so irrational and argumentative that it became more and more
difficult for me to forgive him.
And that’s when I heard something. The verses of Bible which I read
sometime back and about which I wrote in my last post came back to me. “Love
your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who persecute you.” I
felt a chill run down my spine and that moment I realized what exactly I was
supposed to do. I had to forgive him, pray for him and bless him. It was easier
said than done, but finally with His grace I was able to. At the end, before
leaving the police station, I wished him all the best for his future.
This incident was such an eye opener! Such a small incident and it
was so difficult for me to forgive him. Think about Jesus on the Cross.
Stretched out on the cross, hanging by three nails between sky and Earth, he
was surrounded by people who made fun of him, who mocked him, who ridiculed
him, who accused him for things he never did, who chastised him, who crowned
him with thorns, who made him go through the most painful torture, who
crucified him, who were challenging him to come down from the Cross, who killed
Him without knowing that it was for them that He was dying. Instead of hating
them, cursing them, praying for their doom, He prayed, “Father, forgive
them for they know not what they do.” (Luke23:34)
Woah!! Truly Awesome. I was left speechless when I pictured it.
I guess that’s why He is the Sign of Contradiction, He is the
Messiah, He is my Lord and my God and
that’s why I follow Him.
Our God is an awesome God!
God Bless!
