Read 1 Samuel 24.
As we think about the purveyors of pain in our own lives, it’s one thing to give grace to friends, but to give grace to those who give us grief? Could you? Given a few uninterrupted moments with the Darth Vader of your days, could you imitate David?
Perhaps you could. Some people seem graced with mercy glands. They secrete forgiveness, never harboring grudges or reciting their hurts. Others of us (most of us?) find it hard to forgive our Sauls.
We forgive the one-time offenders, mind you. We dismiss parking-place takers, date-breakers, and even the purse snatchers. We can move past the misdemeanors, but the felonies? The repeat offenders? The Sauls who take our youth, retirement, or health?
Were the scoundrel to seek shade in your cave or lie sleeping at your feet…would you do what David did? Could you forgive the scum who hurt you?
Failure to do so could be fatal. “Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple” (Job 5:2 NIV).
-- Max Lucado in “Facing Your Giants”
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