79 OFFENCE
79 OFFENCE
An offence is anything that upsets or angers us. We take offence at injustices, wars, sufferings, torments, slights and rude behaviour.
Sometimes we get offended at things that should happen or that those others involved have no knowledge that they offended us and, with today’s news world, we take offence at things that are none of our business.
On the other hand, as we go about our normal day’s business, we give offence by our habits, mistakes or emergencies, that happen to us, without knowing that the other person or people were offended.
We see an offence and want to see justice done; then we proceed to act out bringing that justice to that person before we tell them what they have done, before we try to correct them or before we find out why they did what they did. Thus, we have become judge, jury and prosecutor without ever having found out the reasons for their actions. Even if we do not act on our thoughts, if we do this in our hearts, we have done it before God.
These are the offences that Jesus wants us to forgive and forget. The ones that we are not involved in, have decided not to correct in others, cannot, personally and gently, do anything about or, after constant attempts, cannot change the persons habits. Once an act is done, it is over; your feelings can keep the memory of it burning in your mind or you can forget about the act and go on with your life. The choice is yours; the offence will take away your peace of mind, if you keep it and broad over it.
I am not saying that we should forget what that person did to us and keep letting them do it. Rather, if their actions, continually, offend us, we should be finding a way to not be near or around those people. Feel sorry for them because they have a judgement ahead of them and, if they do not change, they will fail God’s judgement requirement.
On the other hand, we give offences that we are not aware of and should be living our lives thinking of how we are seen by others. If we know we have offended someone, apologize; then be careful not to do it again, if at all possible.
We have become a super sensitive society because, we as individuals, have been told that we are the most important thing in our life; so, we have centered our thoughts on us. Our pride of self causes us to react to the harmless daily habits of others and cause us to condemn their actions so we can feel superior; just like the world tells us we are.
We will stand, alone, at God’s judgement of our lives, one day and the offence we took from or gave to others will mean nothing to us but will have developed habits in us that God does not want in His kingdom. You and your habits cannot be separated because our habits are controlled by our soul and come from the thought process that is you. If our habits are rejected by God, where does that leave you?
