As I watched the end of the movie when the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day and he decided to bring back all the Christmas stuff that he had stolen from Whoville, I realized just how much of a Christian theme the end of the story had.
The people of Whoville did not arrest him, they didn’t chastise him for what he did and they didn’t kick him out of town telling him
never to return. They showed him grace. That’s forgave him. They invited him in to join in the celebration with them. They allowed him to have a place of honor in the festivities.
That’s what God does for us. When we spend most of our lives robbing and stealing from the love of God, He still shows us grace. When we see the error of our ways and our hearts grows three sizes and we decided to return to Him, He shows grace. He doesn’t condemn us, He doesn’t turn from us and He doesn’t send us away telling us never to come back. Like the prodigal son, He puts us in a place of honor and celebrates our return to Him.
Do we treat people that come back to us with a changed heart with that same grace? Do we look to really find what the root of the issue was? The Grinch wasn’t really mad at Christmas, he was lonely and looking for friends and a family. What are those that hurt us really looking for? Love? Friendship? Family? Let us show grace to those who repent and seek our forgiveness. “Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” - Colossians 3:13.
Have a great day and God bless.
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