FORGIVENESS Forgiveness simply implies the act of forgiving or being forgiven. Forgiveness can also be the total cleansing of your neighbour’s error from your church mind. Forgiveness is a an act that is supposed to be put on by every individual in any given society, mainly as human we know it’s very hard and impossible to do things without offending those around us in our school, church, place of work and even in our compound where we leave. So, this act ‘’forgiveness” helps us to clean filthy thinking from our heart. Though sometimes it seems very hard and unforgettable, but unforgiveness is not the core solution than to forgive and let the past suit itself. Truly, there is a constant say that; to err is human; to forgive, divine. But still, we need to exercise the act of forgiveness to make our heart free from heaviness. Many are those tough experiences of betrayal, deceit, implication, mistrust, affliction, rape, misconception of one’s view, but all the same we need to forgive, because even the bible in the book of Mark chapter 3 verses 28 say; All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith so ever they shall blaspheme, also in James chapter 5 verses 9 which says; Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. And the muslim also have Laylat al-Barah (Night of Forgiveness), Muslim festival, which takes place two weeks before the beginning of the fast of Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic year). It is a time for asking and granting forgiveness. These extract from both religion helps to show and tell us about the necessity of forgiveness in our day to day activities. It’s a must do thing, we need it so that we can grow spiritually, emotionally, philologically, psychologically, physiologically and otherwise too. We need to forgive, so that we will be forgiven. Here is a little story and event between a king and his chief guard: there came a time in the land when capable and strong warriors have come of age and couldn’t fight anymore, so other terrifying warriors from other town comes often to take their people into captiviy and hard labor, it also came to a time that they no longer want the citizens again but the king himself, on a faithful morning, they came to take the king with them for captive, but his chief guard was very brave to get a sword and went into great fight with them, and at the process of saving his king he cut the smallest thumb of the king and overcame the intruding warriors, so they left. The king came to realize that he lost his thumb during the fight, he order that the chief guard who saved him should be imprisoned, cause he has made him an incomplete king not having his thumbs complete, so the guard was imprisoned. The warrior came again to take the king with them, this time, there was no guard to rescue him, so they took him and thought of using him for sacrifice to the god of their land, on that day of the sacrifice, the gods of their land rejected the king, telling them the king is an incomplete human being without the smallest thumb. So, they set the king free, he ran back to his people and order them to set the chief guard free. King: Am really sorry for imprisoning you, the thumb you cut make me unacceptable for the gods in strange land. Guard: I need to thank you the more my king, if I was taken with you to the strange land, I could have been the substitute for the sacrifice. King: I’ve forgiven you, because you saved my life!!! Guard: My king I’ve forgiven you too, you saved my life too!!! People of that land rejoice, merry and were happy from that day on…. From this extract we also learn to forgive because it helps those around us and even ourselves. It’s good to forgive, we need to forgive and we must forgive to obtain and enjoy the fullest mercy and grace of God. The reason why I say it’s good, we need and must forgive is because it helps to overcome the doubt of hell and unforgiveness from God. Check this out: • A man just lost his wife and only son, walking on the street thinking about what has happen; Robbers came after him beat him to unconsciousness because they couldn’t find any money on him. • A young lady get divorced by his drunken husband, thinking of that she was sacked in her place of work and her official car was taken from her, walking back home she was rushed by some group of hoodlum and she was raped mercilessly. • A boy whom his unknown father rejected his mother after impregnating her and lost his mother during hard labor of birth. Grew up to be a struggler, was implicated and sent to ten years imprisonment. Imagine this set of people, but still they forgave those who have offended them. How more of you. Common! Let it go, forgive those who have offended you. And remember the main forgiveness is from God almighty. If you don’t forgive you are not God’s choice, because he did forgive even at the point of death when he was naked, spat on, struck with spear, worn with crown of thorn and crucify just to forgive you and I. forgiveness is often hard but you just need to. Find it in a good side of your heart to forgive that person today! It wasn’t easy but it was worth it, don’t let Christ crucifixion go in vain. Please let it go, forgive and forget totally. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Romans chapter 5 verse 8; But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. EmmyOO7.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:30:21 +0000
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