Forgiveness

To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that "summum bonum," the greatest good.

- Bishop Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness. What exactly is it? Huh?

In courts, you hear, We, the family of _______, FORGIVE this man, _________, for the crime that he has committed. Because through this FORGIVENESS we can overcome this travesty that has occurred in our family.

I think it takes quite a strong individual to issue out this forgiveness statement. I don't believe that individual is me by any means. I've always been taught not to hold a grudge because God wants you to seek forgiveness for those that have harmed, shamed, and angered you. He forgave you the forgiveness of being a sinner and will continue to give you the forgiveness when you seek it. I understand that reciprocation factor but I'm still not sure if I can go beyond the verb spatter and into the actual sequence of the action word.

I feel that if I do establish this quality, I will not only be closer to God but at peace with myself when events bring this decision of forgiving or not. Sigh... There has to be a manual about it somewhere, someplace.

I guess the next order of business would be the forgetting.

I wonder... Is there anything in the bible about forgiving but not forgetting?

I don't want to become a naive form of myself when someone had done me wrong and then forgive them and forget about the situation that lead me to forgiving them in the first place. I may have to look that secondary part up because I don't want to end up using that rift between us against them because then that isn't forgiveness. Or is it?

Once you begin to figure out on aspect of this category, sub titles and sub categories start to appear.

To be quite frank, I think this topic is a bit too deep for just ONE POST. I should do more research about the matter and see how the development of these jumbled up thoughts of mine have grown.