Shopping in God's "Store"

“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

This is key. Any fool can force his mouth to say "I forgive you" but unless there is a transaction of the heart, it's all for not. Only God can give us the heart of forgiveness that we need in order to truly say with our mouths and mean it in our being that we truly have forgiven the person. ( or circumstances or ourselves) It's like this, then I'm going to need to go shopping in Gods "unlimited resources store" ( play on words of course because God cannot be bought or sold) But essentially, as I walk down the isle of Gods store, I know I need to get the stuff it takes to survive in this world, and I want to do more than survive, I want to thrive. So off the shelves and into my cart goes the attributes I know only God can provide for me. I pile my cart high with forgiveness, compassion, mercy, patience and love. None of that which I got from " Gods store" today are things I can organically come up with. Those things are very contrary to the emotional responses I come up with. As I take my items up to the check out God is waiting for me. I figured I wouldn't have enough to foot the bill for all these items but it was worth a try at least. God looked at my full basket and said, " Don't worry, Jesus said He paid for that already, and it's yours if you just tell Him you need His provision. " I need it I cried!!!!" God smiled and out the door I went. I now had what I needed. Now Go home and read the Word of God so you can learn how to properly apply all your new goods from Gods store. Only God can give us what we need to live and respond as He does, and did. Thank the Lord that HE saw my bankrupt condition and my desperate need for things I cannot give myself and He made way for me. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.