Dealing with the issue of forgiveness is about vulnerability. Being almost naked at the beach. Facing a seascape that has no end. It's always a hot topic anywhere, whether online or offline. A lot of people have different opinions about it. Most of the time, the condition wherein those in the situation of not being able to forgive other people is highly emotional. Not surprising. They're human. The same is true with those who are seeking forgiveness. The anticipation of closure is as much an emotional journey for the wronged who refuse it.
I've had my share of forgiving people and being forgiven. There are pending closures but the act of dealing with a person is not denied or withheld. It's just secured in time. This is because it is a human frailty -- not to be able to forgive in all its full meaning. I've learned that only by being forgiven by God through Jesus Christ can I always have a chance to react to those who wrong me intentionally or unintentionally. There is always that chance to react in a forgiving way. I just have to always look to the cross where Jesus died and the tomb where he triumphed for me to forgive another person.
I've had my share of forgiving people and being forgiven. There are pending closures but the act of dealing with a person is not denied or withheld. It's just secured in time. This is because it is a human frailty -- not to be able to forgive in all its full meaning. I've learned that only by being forgiven by God through Jesus Christ can I always have a chance to react to those who wrong me intentionally or unintentionally. There is always that chance to react in a forgiving way. I just have to always look to the cross where Jesus died and the tomb where he triumphed for me to forgive another person.
Hoping for another person to forgive me for things I did wrong is another matter. I can't force anyone to punch the wind. I can only pray to God that enlightenment is bestowed on both of us -- the transgressor and the scorned.
John 13: 14-15
If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash each other's feet. I did this as an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
John 13: 14-15
If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash each other's feet. I did this as an example so that you should do as I have done for you.