"I'm grateful that God allows tragedies and trials to occur in our lives. Not because they are easy, or because they're desired, but because they help us to love"
If this man can forgive, so can I.
Sometimes we have to deal with things that don't seem fair. Sometimes we have a hard time forgiving people of things they did- days, weeks, months, years ago. Sometimes we just can't let go. But the moments where we show true love, true Christlike attitudes, are when we forgive anyway. Despite the fact that they don't come out and apologize, despite the fact that they don't care about the way we hurt, despite the fact that they should be there, should have been there and won't be there, we should forgive. We are all human. We all mess up. But if we want a little forgiveness (or even a lot of forgiveness), we must forgive everyone. It's not always easy, but it is always worth it.
I literally teared up in seminary when we watched this, the only reason why I didn't cry, was because it was too early in the morning to cry. haha.
ReplyDeleteI love when you said "despite the fact that they don't...apologize...care about the way we hurt...that they should be there, should have been there and won't be there, we should forgive"
beautiful, and inspiring.
I almost cried when I saw this in seminary. And I'm not normally the crying kind of person... Then again, maybe I am.
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