FORGIVE...AND FORGET
I woke up with a nudge from God to forgive. And, the face I saw was Osama bin Laden (and I believe, he represented my need to forgive, and really forget all offenses against me--it took his face to really get my attention and focus). Forgiveness is deep—it goes beyond the simple. It’s not hard to forgive the small things, but there are those things that we struggle to forgive, fully. It seemed strange for a moment—first of all, I thought I’d done that already; but as I think back to the time that they found him, and took his life, I remember how I felt. I understand now, for me to be that comfortable, I hadn’t really forgiven him. I also can't be comfortable when my personal offenders suffer, either. It's tempting, at times, to think, "that's what you get!" but it is wrong. It also proves that forgiveness has not really been extended. Forgiveness is not based on deservedness. Forgiveness is given in spite of the fact that it isn’t deserved; that is th...