Luke 23: 33-34 -- SH
When
they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there,
along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
When
I was 22, I left my small hometown and moved to downtown Toronto. A
week later I received a ticket for turning left at a "No left turn"
intersection.
I went to court and told the
judge I was new to Toronto and had never encountered such an
intersection before. He let me off the hook, but he shouldn't have.
Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.
Grace
follows a different path than law does. Jesus uses one of his final
living breaths to pray that his murderers and mockers be forgiven,
because they are acting out of ignorance.
I will never understand the mysterious paths of grace. All I can do is give humble, adoring thanks.
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