Monday, December 03, 2007

For-giveness Follow Up

We started our Christmas if For-Giving Series yesterday with a hard hitting message on forgiveness.

Let's face it- forgiveness is hard. Yet the call is clear "as you have been forgiven then forgive others." Or, as we sometimes pray "forgives us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us."

There is no way to give a full treatment of forgiveness in a twenty minute message. But hopefully, we all started to ask some questions and experience some holy discomfort if we have been slow to forgive.

Here are some other questions when it comes to forgiveness that many people have that we did not cover:
  • Does forgiving mean forgetting?
  • What if the person we need to forgive doesn't even think they need my forgiveness?
  • Does forgiveness mean that the former relationship has to be restored and if so does that mean you are you have to be around an abusive person?
  • What if granting forgiveness to somebody else verbally will cause more harm than good?
  • How can I come to a place of forgiveness for the person who has already died and is out of my life?

These are just some other questions to ponder that I have heard expressed when it comes to forgiveness.

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