forgiveness
while reading Journey into God's Heart, the chapter where tony left Jennifer broke my heart. it was a chapter so full of pain and betrayal felt by her but yet beautifully woven with words of acceptance, faith and forgiveness. from jennifer, i realise that forgiveness can be such a hard process even for people who are so annointed, simply because we humans are never perfect and often misunderstand what we are supposed to do.
and i learn that forgiveness is not a one-off thing, but rather a continuous process. we have to keep forgiving everytime we are reminded of whatever that made us angry/sad. and because of this realisation that i had after i read the book, i realise that there are so many people that i had never truly forgiven. i know i have to learn to forgive others to be forgiven and forgive myself too.
there is so much to forgiveness and its only then, do i realise how much it takes to forgive so many of our faults, evil thoughts, evil doings and cruel side of us. God is truly amazing in this sense, forever so merciful towards us and forgiving us.
but once again i am struggling in this. how do i forgive someone when i harbour so much anger towards that person?
i would love to have your views on this.
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learning points
- try and understand the reason behind the action/behaviour of the person & empathise with whatever situation he/she might have been in