Conservative Treehouse unloads in a glorious piece not to be missed. A Great Awakening is followed by a “NCSWIC”.
(theconservativetreehouse.com)
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I understand where you are coming from but one of the comments caught my eye that makes reference to a book that discusses the point that forgiveness and reconciliation are not the same thing. That "forgiveness is unilateral, whereas reconciliation is bilateral."
The commentary goes on to say this:
"I choose to forgive someone whether or not they apologize because God has forgiven me. If I don’t forgive, I am only hurting myself. Reconcilation on the other hand requires that the offending party “own” their behavior. Reconciliation is not always possible, but with God’s help forgiveness can be possible.
To this day, I have never reconciled with the person who abused me (as he still has not taken any ownership of his actions), but I have forgiven him.
Right now with our country in turmoil, we as citizens are clearly being abused. Many of us are furious. We hate the evil that is going on. Since God hates evil too and since we are made in His image, we are also to hate evil. Although we would all love for our government abusers to wake up and stop their abuse, it is not likely that it will happen any time soon. Therefore reconciliation is not possible; however, I believe with God’s help, we can still forgive, even while we hate the abuse. And, with each new abuse, we will need to ask God to help us forgive, again and again. Otherwise, the unforgiveness may wind up destroying us."
Food for thought...