what good will it be
to punish
or to redeem
when it is hard
to forget
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SONYA KASSAM 
most of the time we do forgive, but it’s often impossible to forget… as long as our memory is alive!
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True…but then punishment & revenge take up so much of our energy…
Thanks Mélanie :)
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Every time the evil thought of revenge finds its way into my mind, I must remember these words…
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Forgiveness ain’t about fergettin, it is about acceptance and offering the chance of repentance. Accepting that bad things happen in a broken world, accepting that God will make all wrongs right, and offering the offender a chance to realize how they have contributed to the brokenness and leading them to the only source of healing, demonstrating that repentance is truly the only way.
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True, forgiveness isn’t about forgetting. Do you think forgiveness could be possible if the other person is not willing to repent?
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Not only do I think that it is possible to forgive if the other refuses to repent, I believe that it is most necessary to forgive, not to forget, yet to know the depths of His love for us silly sinners.
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Dear Sonya,
Thank you for this brief, yet powerful, poem. There is a world of possibility and responsibility in “forget.”
All good wishes,
robert
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Very well said Robert I love this phrase..
a world of possibility and responsibility in “forget.”
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Probably it may work out if both sides forgave each other.
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It would be ideal Ranu but people seem to wait for the other side to initiate it.
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