<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[50 word blog post: Following Jesus means forgiving&nbsp;people.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>When following Jesus, forgiveness of others is not optional</p>
<p>Some of Jesus&#8217; last words [when hanging on a cross] were &#8216;Father, forgive them&#8217;</p>
<p>Unless we forgive everyone, He can&#8217;t forgive us</p>
<p>Forgiveness doesn&#8217;t make what they did &#8220;Okay&#8221;</p>
<p>It just prevents it from continuing to take us down.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/50-word-blog-post-you-got-time-for-50-words-following-jesus-means-being-loving"><strong>[For an under 50 word blog post on Being Loving, click here]</strong></a></p>
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