what good will it be
to punish
or to redeem
when it is hard
to forget
Expressing myself through poetry
Expressing myself through poetry
what good will it be
to punish
or to redeem
when it is hard
to forget
Postdoctoral Researcher at The University of California, Irvine
musings & muses
Expressing myself through poetry
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most of the time we do forgive, but it’s often impossible to forget… as long as our memory is alive!
True…but then punishment & revenge take up so much of our energy…
Thanks Mélanie :)
Every time the evil thought of revenge finds its way into my mind, I must remember these words…
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.
True, forgiveness isn’t about forgetting. Do you think forgiveness could be possible if the other person is not willing to repent?
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.
Dear Sonya,
Thank you for this brief, yet powerful, poem. There is a world of possibility and responsibility in “forget.”
All good wishes,
robert
Very well said Robert I love this phrase..
a world of possibility and responsibility in “forget.”
Probably it may work out if both sides forgave each other.
It would be ideal Ranu but people seem to wait for the other side to initiate it.