Forgive us our trespasses...
I was convicted at prayer yesterday - Jesus taught us to pray 'forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us'. Much as we have legitimate strong feelings about the illegal invasion of our land by phony asylum seekers/refugees who are basically unwelcome 'trespassers' on our land, we must by the grace of God forgive them as they trespass against us lest we despise and forfeit God's grace towards our own trespasses - where we have crossed the lines we should have stayed within. Sin is falling short - trespassing is going too far. It is God's kindness that brings us to repentance - and it is through our kindness to these men that they will be won by the love of Christ (which doesn't mean they shouldn't be dealt with in accordance with the laws they broke by being here illegally). In fact having worded it like that, I see that this is indeed God's judgement on us as a nation for where we have not stayed within the moral framewor...