Today’s reading comes from “The Power of Forgiveness” by Johann Christoph Arnold. Arnold details the ripple effect of showing the forgiveness exemplified and embodied in Jesus Christ. He gives a helpful definition of forgiveness with this, “ Forgiving is not ignoring wrongdoing, but overcoming the evil inside us and in our world with love.” This does not just appear, it is a development of growing in Christ through the variety of experiences that come our way through the lenses of Scripture and the example of Christ. Arnold cites the well-known quote of Martin Luther King Jr. talking about power of love for real transformation. Romans 5:1-5 speaks of the transformation that takes place within us, and the character development that comes. How would your world change if you chose love over bitterness today? “Father forgive them,” said Christ may by that same power we say it too.