02.08.11

Haha that was just a funny clip of Adina having her own karaoke session downstairs in the living room by herself. Heehee

I was so excited to have community group today because we were talking about forgiveness and I felt like it was so relevant to what I've been mulling over recently. It was cool to see how everyone was convicted in different ways about our sin and unforgiving hearts. It was good to talk about it and encourage each other and pray for each other. God works so perfectly for our good. Today we were reminded of how God forgave us when we didn't deserve it and how He places people in our lives for us to constantly learn and work towards imitating Christ. I loved this quote in the book that we're going through called Living in Light of the Gospel Story:

"So what gives us the power and motivation to forgive? We can only forgive when we see ourselves as forgiven--'big time.' God has forgiven us, and this wonderful truth empowers us to forgive others. Through this process of forgiveness we are liberated from bondage to the behavior or other people, and we become more like God--offering others a taste of the good news and hope for restoration."