It has been seven months since I wrote a blog post. I
have not been inspired to write as I was during the COVID – 19 Pandemic but I
was inspired to share this because most of us believe in Allah (God), whatever
we can His name. We want Him to forgive us and be merciful with us, but we are
not that way with each other. What if Allah (God) treated us like we treat each
other?
We want Allah (God) to be the most merciful and forgiving
when it comes to our faults, shortcomings, mistakes, errors, and sins but we
are not like that with each other.
A brother or sister can step on our shoe or slightly
bump into us and say they apologize but we still want to hold a grudge and be
upset with that person.
We are like, I am not forgiving that ninja, he or she
did that on purpose.
Allah (God) forbid, if we loan that person $5.00, some
of us act like we loaned that person $5,000.
We are acting like Big Worm from the movie Friday
talking about it is the principal.
Little things, lead to big things. It is $5.00 today
but it will be $5,000 tomorrow so I have to treat that person like he or she
owes me a grip because I need my chips!!
We are just like this scripture:
Matthew 18:21-35
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
21 Then Peter came to Jesus
and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins
against me?(A) Up to seven times?”(B)
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times,
but seventy-seven times.[a](C)
23 “Therefore, the kingdom of
heaven is like(D) a
king who wanted to settle accounts(E) with
his servants. 24 As
he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[b] was
brought to him. 25 Since
he was not able to pay,(F) the
master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be
sold(G) to
repay the debt.
26 “At this the servant fell
on his knees before him.(H) ‘Be
patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s
master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28 “But when that servant
went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver
coins.[c] He
grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29 “His fellow servant fell
to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
30 “But he refused. Instead,
he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When
the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told
their master everything that had happened.
32 “Then the master called
the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of
yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had
mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers
to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35 “This is how my heavenly
Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from
your heart.”(I)
So, in closing:
We want Allah (God) to continue to be the most
merciful with us. We want Him to forgive our faults, our shortcomings, our
mistakes, our errors, and our sins. Then we should strive to be like that with
each other.
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