Last Hits

Do you remember playing “last hits” with your brother?  I do.  If not, here’s how it goes: you have to be the last one to get a hit to the other’s arm.  If he hits you, you have to hit him, and he has to hit you, and you have to hit him, and … well, you get the picture.  You hit him, and then run so that you can be the last one to hit the other.  But he catches you and hits you, and then he runs, and you have to catch him so that you aren’t the last one.  At some point, someone had to give in.  Someone has to stop.  Someone has to be the bigger person and forgive the other.  Paul said it in Ephesians 4:32, “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”  Jesus took every sin that we ever committed and took them all upon Himself on the cross of Calvary.  Every one of them, past, present, and future.  All of them.  So, we should be kind to each other just as Jesus Christ was.  And to the extent that Jesus forgave us, we should forgive each other.  And that was extreme!  Jesus gave His life for us.  The least we can do is to forgive each other.  Hey, go the extra mile today.  Forgive others to the extent that Christ has forgiven you.