Forgiveness

The character quality that we looked at last week was Forgiveness. Most interesting to me was its opposite: Rejection.
How many people have I not forgiven because I have rejected them? For me people are easy to reject. I admit it. If someone hurts me, looks down on me, despises me, dismisses me, misunderstands me, offends me, chooses a different path, (and so on) it is easy for me to move on---and reject them!
But what would Christ do? He has already forgiven whomever. What an example to me! I may have strong ideas that tend to polarize (as most people do, really) but I am not allowed to reject anyone. Anyone. I am commanded to love and forgive.
So I am sorry. I am sorry I have rejected so many. I ask to be forgiven even as I extend more forgiveness.