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From: Hutagalung,LG ( LGHLUNG ) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wed 12/24/2008 5:16 PM
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Subject: Forgiving
Forgiving Others
Today
I read more than one writing about forgiveness. I am wondering what
happened nowadays. I am questioning why everybody is busy writing and
thinking and even discussing about it. I took some time to think and I
get a conclusion of it. It is not a simple thing. It is not a lesson
which is easily to be learned. It is not that easy to forgive others.
At least, it is not that easy for us but not for Him.
God, Himself, is a lover. He loves us more and more than our love
to Him. He even sacrificed Himself for us. Nobody has the love as
amazing as His love. He did it without any understandably reasons. Look
at us. We are evil. We are mean. We often being unfaithful to Him. He
forgive us and still love us. We should have been perished, but He
offers His life for us. We are saved by Him.
When I look at myself, I realize. I am bad. I am an evil. Why? I can
not forgive others just because a simple thing. When someone - whom I
love - forget to call me, I am mad at him/her, when someone - whom I
love, again - ignore me, I am vicious to him/her. This is not love!
This is compromise (I took this statement from India movie, lol).
There is no reason to love someone. When you love someone, you will
simply forgive him / her for their mistake. People makes mistake, so do
I. God himself teach us to pray:
and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us
It is not just a pray. He teach us to
ask Him to forgive us just like we forgive others. How many times we
forgive others? how many times we reject to love others? How many times
we think that we already forgive them while we still bury that evil
feelings in our heart? How many times our lips says "I forgive you"
while our heart says, "Just wait for my revenge" or "You will eat that
someday" or just a simple "Whatever".
I suddenly hear my heart says, "Shame on you! how many times you
hate people just because they hurt you? How many times your heart keep
those bad things about them?" Well, this is okay. I still can bear this
kind of shouts. But then I hear the last soft voice in my heart says, "
How many times you hurt Him?"
I hurt Him? when? where? I always try to do the right things. I
always think to do the good things for Him. I am learning. I am not
perfect. Then that voice said, "You are not learning, you are grumbling
and whining" Then I said, "Oh, do I?"
Then that glance of scenes appear again in my mind. What did Jesus
do when those crowded people shouting at him, spitting at him and
crucifying him. He was not whining. He was not grumbling. He did it and
He received it all. He fulfilled God's plan. He even asked God to
forgive them. I repeat. He even asked God to forgive them. What kind of heart
is that! How could He had that kind of love? I am stunned. I stand and freeze.
What have I done?
Best Regards,
Hutagalung, LG
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