Forgiveness

Good mornin', friends! Hope everyone had a lovely, restful, food-and-family-filled Thanksgiving! Peenie and I both did! Peenie says she ate so much food that she felt like the stuffed turkey that she ate must've felt (read that again...it's funny). Can't believe that it was a whole week ago (partly because the swelling has just begun to go down). How time flies! Now onto Christmas...

Speaking of Christmas, did anyone get a jump-start on their Christmas list? I did (which has never happened before), and it feels great! I highly recommend the feeling. And if any of you are looking for gifts for the men in your life (hardest people to shop for, right?), allow me do a little sharing. These gifts are affordable, useful, and sure-to-please! Trust me, I did my research (ie: James told me these are cool).

1. Harry's German Engineered Razors ($12)

Gift Pack Includes Razor and Shave Cream in a Stocking-Worthy Gift Box

https://www.harrys.com/the-one-two-set

2. Richer-Poorer Socks ($32 for pack of three)

Gift Pack Includes 3 Pairs of Expertly Designed, Colorful Socks

http://www.richer-poorer.com/men/mens-gift-packs/holiday-gift-3-pack-d.html

3. Corter Leather Bottlehook ($36)

Belt Loop Key Hook Bottleopener, Handmade in New England

http://shop.corterleather.com/collections/frontpage/products/bottlehook

Hope these suggestions are helpful! I'd share more, but I don't want to give away all of my secrets...hehehehe. I'll share some gift ideas for the ladies later in the week! Like these, all are under $50! Believe me, I know what it's like to be ballin' on a budget. Tough, man. Tough.

Now to the real meat of this post. The topic of forgiveness. I don't know if any of you have seen this shared on Facebook lately:

Get ready to plug your ears...

That, my friends, is BULLSHIT. Bullllllllllllllllllllllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Bull. Freaking. Shit.

Ok, un-plug your ears now.

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace?! No, no. That is not the reason we forgive others. Let me give you the ONE reason we forgive others:

Ephesians 4:32: Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

We forgive because we have been forgiven. Not because we or anyone else deserves anything. 

To add...

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

That's actually what we deserve, friends. Not forgiveness, not peace. Death. But we have been given a gift (much better than any Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal) which was the gift of Jesus Christ from God the Father. And if we choose to accept that gift, we inherit eternal life.

None of this is deserved. It was paid for.

*steps off soap box*

I'm preaching to the choir here, friends. As much as I love Peanut and her antics, she drives me crazy and hurts my feelings on the daily (none of those details included on the blog, though--the purpose of my posts will never be to trash my grandmother). But I forgive her. Not because I think I deserve peace, but because I love her. And because I know that much has been forgiven me. 

I'll leave you with this:

Hope everyone has a nice hump-dayyyyyyyyyyyy (MikeMikeMikeMikeMike)! Already halfway through the week! Look for another Peenie Post on Friday--gift ideas for the ladies and some Peanut quotes from the past 7 days!