"BROTHERED TO FORGIVE."
Illustration★★★I have read that when a sea-worm perforates the shell of an
oyster, the oyster immediately closes the wound with a pearl.
I think it is something like that which happens when God helps
me to forgive a man who has wronged me to the very heart. For
thine own sake, forgive. And for thy brother’s sake, forgive.
“What am I brothered for?” says George Macdonald, “if not to
forgive” (Matt. xviii. 21, 22).
REV. GEORGE JACKSON.
The point
Comparing forgiveness to an oyster sealing a wound with a pearl, this brief piece quotes George MacDonald asking what else we are 'brothered for' if not to forgive.
Scripture
Matthew 18:21-22
Audience
Adults
Tone
Tender · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 76 words