Seven Last Words
Seven Last Words Today is a day when heaven seems to not only meet with earth, but fall down and collide with it. Word 1: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do At the heart of the Christian message is forgiveness. Throughout Jesus’ ministry we hear this time and time again – ‘Master how many times shall we forgive’ ‘seventy times seven’ - forgive, and forgive, and forgive. Yet how much do we live up to this command. Often we might say to ourselves ‘but it’s too difficult, I’m too hurt, I can’t’, yet here is our Lord and savior, nailed to a tree, not only forgiving but praying to the Father to forgive too. Jesus, our mediator, is praying not only for us, but with us – praying with us for all those times we find forgiveness too hard to bear, and praying for us, when we are the ones who need forgiveness. Now forgiveness is no easy task, and we often say that to forgive, someone must at least show some remorse – yet where is the remorse ...