I've been thinking a lot about forgiveness as of late. The rules seem to change as we get older. As kids, we'd be screaming at each other one moment and the soon afterwards, we'd forgotten about it and were best friends. Somehow, as I got older, it felt like the hurts were 'different' and as an adult I seemed to think I had greater justification for staying angry. I'm not sure why that is but I decided to work on forgiving; myself included.
"Resentment is like drinking poison
and waiting for the other person to die."
Author Unknown
Matthew 18:3-4 ...Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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This is an interesting way to look at our own decisions to "withhold forgiveness" at certain times. I hadn't thought of that before, that somehow now that we are older we deserve to hold onto the grudge. But what's changed? Really. I watch my girls and they hurt each other physically, emotionally, but still forgive each other and move on.
Another thing I love about my children is that they really LIVE the "7 times 70" rule. I've lost count of the number of times that they extend me forgiveness for the same dumb mistake (usually yelling). But their love and forgiveness is always there.
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