Someone hurt you. May be yesterday, may be long ago and you cannot forget it.You did not deserve the hurt, and it has lodged deeply in your memory, where it keeps on hurting. But you are not alone. We all muddle our way through a world where even well meaning people hurt one another a friend betrays us a very near and dear abuses us, a spouse leave us etc etc. For the ordinary person, however it is not easy to forgive. The act seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving can bring a miraculous kind of healing, even reconciliation. Hate our natural response to deep and unfair hurts comes more easily. Passive or aggressive, hate is a malignancy that festers & grows, stifling joy & threatening our health. It’s hurt the hatter more than the hated. It must be cut out for our own sake. None of us wants to admit hating someone, so we hide it from ourselves. But the fury denied rages beneath the surface & infects all our relationship. Admitting our hate is compels us to make a decision about the soul surgery we call forgiving. We must acknowledge what has happened, face up to the other person and say: you did me wrong (Loves Healing Miracles by LEWIS B. SMEDES from RD 1985.) Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Dont Deserve
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:39:47 +0000
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