It’s a difficult thing my fren. This is something man has been struggling with for years. Thankfully Jesus taught us to forgive other people who trespass against us. Why? Because we would treat others as we’d like to be treated. You’re onto something about it being Christly.
Now comes the hard part. Letting go. Believe me, I understand what resent is. My right shoulder was damaged by a bully from when I was 17yrs old. I’m nearly 40 and my shoulder still aches and pops and clicks. I had dreamed of point blank 12gage blast to his shoulder for years. Then, once I started to go to church this year, I found out that it’s nothing but baggage. Emotional, mental, spiritual baggage. It was time for me to let go. Because, to be honest, if I saw that jerk starving to death. Well, at this point in the space time continuum, I’d toss him a granola bar. The world is very dark, and it’s going to get a lot darker. Be the light in the darkness.
But there is a breaking point. Where some are just too far gone to redeem. Where they’ve aligned themselves against you and have no plans to be your friend. It’s not that they don’t want to be your friend, but it’s that they’d rather you die. Someone who would rather deprive you of life is known as an enemy, and someone who would deprive another of life is evil. You may have lost some of them forever, but the flip side is the ones that come back seeking redemption are the ones worth forgiveness. It becomes your duty to instruct them. This is known as a “Spiritual work of Mercy”, to “Instruct the Ignorant”. This is what the great awakening is all about.
It’s a difficult thing my fren. This is something man has been struggling with for years. Thankfully Jesus taught us to forgive other people who trespass against us. Why? Because we would treat others as we’d like to be treated. You’re onto something about it being Christly.
Now comes the hard part. Letting go. Believe me, I understand what resent is. My right shoulder was damaged by a bully from when I was 17yrs old. I’m nearly 40 and my shoulder still aches and pops and clicks. I had dreamed of point blank 12gage blast to his shoulder for years. Then, once I started to go to church this year, I found out that it’s nothing but baggage. Emotional, mental, spiritual baggage. It was time for me to let go. Because, to be honest, if I saw that jerk starving to death. Well, at this point in the space time continuum, I’d toss him a granola bar. The world is very dark, and it’s going to get a lot darker. Be the light in the darkness.
But there is a breaking point. Where some are just too far gone to redeem. Where they’ve aligned themselves against you and have no plans to be your friend. It’s not that they don’t want to be your friend, but it’s that they’d rather you die. Someone who would rather deprive you of life is known as an enemy, and someone who would deprive another of life is evil. You may have lost some of them forever, but the flip side is the ones that come back seeking redemption are the ones worth forgiveness. It becomes your duty to instruct them. This is known as a “Spiritual work of Mercy”, to “Instruct the Ignorant”. This is what the great awakening is all about.
May the good Lord bless you my fren.