I really cannot say much. This person
has done a lot of damage to me and my family, but writing about it could make
it worse. Because it’s in the person’s character to seek damages, get revenge,
whatever.
But, I do try to forgive. I’ve been trying to
forgive for years. It’s not easy. If someone wrongs me, I can forgive them and
move on. But when someone hurts those I love (my family), forgiveness is much
more difficult.
It would be easier if the person would own their
actions (apologize, ask forgiveness, make amends). That will probably never happen.
I think about God’s sacrifice of his only son, Jesus
Christ. God forgives us sinners for whom his son had to die. There’s nothing I
shouldn’t be able to forgive. I am trying.
But
if ye forgive not men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.
Matthew
6:15
I am trying.
I often wonder, how do you let go of the past when it has such a death grip on the present? The ongoing consequences of sin, for everyone, make forgiveness that much more difficult. Yet, that is what we are called to do, and we try the best we can with God's help.
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