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Vincent Spaulding Member
since 2000-01-16
Posts 59 |
In the Greek New Testament the word translated "forgive" literally means "to let go." And now a poem: Wronged Wronged, wronged, someone was wronged. Someone's committed a grievous sin. He says it was me. I think it was him. But perhaps the middle ground's more sound. I need not think of him as evil. I need not think of him at all. I do not need to understand. I only need move on. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Vincent, this is very good...you are right...sometimes letting go is the first step to forgiveness...I like your thoughts of finding the middle ground. Forgiveness is a process of healing, we set our selves free of the pain and anger by letting go. thanks for sharing this. take care,janet marie Some things cannot be explained by verses that rhyme, They are not measured by the commitment of time. Some emotions run too deep to be described by words, Forgiveness and understanding- remain the most beautiful words ever heard. Janet Marie |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Matt. 11:25-26 And when you stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also Which is in heaven may forgive your trespasses. 26) But if we do not fogive, neither will your Father Which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Luke 17:3-4 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4) And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, 'I repent;' thou shalt forgive him. [This message has been edited by WhtDove (edited 02-01-2000).] |
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dovesongs Member
since 2000-01-29
Posts 102Michigan |
Forgive and move on. Not always an easy thing to do but with God's help we can. What a lovely way to put it. Oh, so many talented people in this place. |
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Willem Member
since 1999-11-18
Posts 139Inverness, FL, USA |
Vince, I was moved by the directness and wisdom expressed in your poem. It might have been written by a military leader after a hard battle with an unknown enemy. In one of my poems, posted a while ago somewhere else in this forum, I said that we should not try to first forget before we could forgive. The reality is that after we have forgiven, forgetting becomes irrelevant, the memory of injustice suffered does not hurt us anymore. Forgiving is an act of the will, forgetting merely an involuntary biological process, one over which we have no complete control. Remembering, however, may be stimulated in many ways, some of which may be harmful for the soul, for instance if they keep alive our hate for those who abused us in the past and even for their innocent offspring. Willem |
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Vincent Spaulding Member
since 2000-01-16
Posts 59 |
Thank you all for your replies. The passage that WhtDove puts forth from Luke is a particular favorite of mine. Often we, discouraged by our own failings, despair that God will forgive us once again. We stumble so often; it seems presumptous to expect it. But then we can look at Luke 17:3-4 and say, "If God expects us petty humans to forgive our brother seven times in one day, how much more can we be assured of God's forgiveness!" |
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