Forgiveness

What can be more important in life than forgiveness?  Really, nothing.  Without forgiveness we cannot learn to love others or ourselves.  Without forgiveness we cannot grow, and without forgiveness we cannot live as Christ our Lord expects us to.

I have seen so often in recent times the lack of forgiveness in so many things.  We think that we are doing some sort of justice by holding on to something that happened so long ago.  We think somehow that by continuing to beat a dead horse, as it were, that we are going to get things accomplished.

What are we accomplishing?  Actually, nothing other than holding onto that grudge, the unwillingness to forgive, the unwillingness to grow or simply say 'I'm sorry' and I will change from what has happened.  How do we know that the person we are talking about hasn't gone through some kind of transformation in their own life, or simply been unaware that they needed to be forgiven, or that they have needed someone to say, 'OK, you messed up and with time you have changed, so I forgive you for what you did because you are not the same person, and/or you are aware of the changes you now need to make'.

I find it quite ironic that Christ says to love one another and that means to forgive someone for things in the past and keep yourself and them on track by accountability; to follow the examples of Him who forgives all things if we are to call upon Him, His Son and repent (turn around) from where we have been and move forward in love, humbleness and the right ways.

We can't keep turning around and talking about these things.  Mind your business!!  Let others go to at least keep yourself on track and not distracted, and let them live in the ways that they are to be and walk beside them and remind them to do the same.

We must be more empathetic to the plight of all in our world and the lies that we have been fed for so long in regard to judgment and forgiveness.

Do the right thing and live in forgiveness and help those who cannot do so.