God REALLY Does Understand

I have stated that the Grace of God covers EVERY single sin with the exception of the sins of murder and suicide.  There is a news story that I read yesterday that really captured my interest.  I won’t go into great detail about this news story, but that I have been following it very closely since reading about it.  I have only seen this account reported by CNN, so I will give credit where credit is due.  It seems that there is a woman, her name isn’t important to me, who walked away from her husband that was divorcing her and from her two school age children after dropping them off at their school.  She just felt totally overwhelmed by her situation in life.  So, one day after dropping her kids off at school 11 years ago, she simply decided to disappear.

Her husband didn’t quite know what to do at the time and was suspected of having taken her life, but the evidence just wasn’t there.  So, eventually, the authorities declared her to be dead and he moved on with his life having remarried.  His kids went on to college.  The oldest son is a college graduate and her younger daughter is now a sophomore in college.  So, just the other day she reappeared seemingly from nowhere.  I suppose she was tired as living as a street person all these years and she does look a lot older than her now 54 years of age would suggest.  Living on the streets in Key West, Florida after having left her hometown in Pennsylvania, took a toll on her and her life.  She hardly looks anything like she did 11 years ago.

Now, her former husband wants nothing to do with her and he leaves it up to his children to decide if they want anything to do with her.  But she is back into the picture of their lives.  She IS their biological mother regardless of what she did or how she has spent her life in the past 11 years.  But the fact is she walked away from life at the time and she has been gone all this time.  I am NOT about to give advice to her or her family, but it’s not so much the interest I have in this account, but more about people’s reactions to this story.  Some have said she should NEVER be forgiven regardless of how terrible her life was at the time.  It seemingly didn’t get any better for her and she got what she deserved and STILL deserves.  Some have asked what Jesus would do in this situation.

I am more inclined to ask what Jesus would do.  Some suggested she get a job and become a productive member of society.  Others have suggested that she NEVER be forgiven for what she did and thus she deserves to remain a street person and have no contact of any kind with her family and NEVER be forgiven.  I am inclined to ask myself in this situation as to what Jesus would really do.  I gave a lot of thought to this without really discussing this with anyone.  I have asked my Angels what I SHOULD say to those who read what I write and have written about the Grace of God.  I am inclined to say that Jesus WOULD forgive her and tell her that if she WANTS to be a productive member of society and have a job, she can use Him for a reference.  Then Jesus would say too that it doesn’t matter what people think, for people will judge according to their feelings.  He would say that since she didn’t commit suicide and that the people who were in her life are harsh on her now, God WILL forgive her for what she’s done only as long as she is able to live with her sins.

She didn’t commit suicide.  She committed “living” suicide, which actually isn’t that uncommon.  There are a number of people who are too stressed by life, but too afraid for whatever reason to take their own lives.  So, they just commit “living” suicide and simply walk away from their lives in search of a better life without any attachments at all.  She will have to live with her sin and she will have to live with her judgment from people.  But as far as God is concerned His Grace covers ALL her sins.  She did NOTHING He can’t or won’t forgive even if the people in her life will NEVER forgive her.  The judgment of people is often far worse than God’s judgment.  This is why God understands and too often, people don’t.  Peace.  Brother Ralphie