grace verus law

i find the whole case regarding the muslim model who was caught drinking and the punishment for it is caning too into my face. here is an obvious case of law / legalism at its peak. scary thing is that the model and her dad feel she deserves the punishment and rather than say thank you God for letting me go, her dad reacted when the law said grace

are we like this? how often the Lord says 'I forgive you, go walk in the freedom of my forgiveness' yet our hearts and head say no.

funny thing is that punishment is not suppose to instil pain but simply to teach us His ways. perhaps the malaysian government decided to show grace cos they feel the people have gotten the message .... yet i cant help but wonder if its all show and tell re her desire to be canned publically and now the government is under pressure! yet, if it were not so and everything is simple and pure, then surely we are like the muslims - no concept of forgiveness and grace! if this were true, then the blood that our Saviour paid for is simple wasted! if we dont want the Saviour to hang on the cross for nothng, surely now its time to take score of our lives and to forgive ourselves and others... i guess the question now is how do we forgive and start walking in the freedom of forgiveness ... Holy Spirit, but by Your grace, please teach us

ps perhaps the next drama should be The Blood That Is Wasted