Matthew 6: 14 – 15 14 For if you forgive men when they
sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But
if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Mark 11:25 25 And
when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so
that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. "
Ephesians 4:32 Be
kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ
forgave you.
Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive others their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Oh, I think we have a few things twisted….it wouldn’t be the
first time. I challenge you to look up every possible scripture on forgiveness
and tell me where it states to for you to forget….
The majority of the word tells us to forgive but it also
takes in mind who we are as sentient beings knowing it is not in our nature to
forget…
Why is it that we have come to believe that we should
forget? If you break a bone (bond) do you not favor it until your heart and mind
get on one accord and you KNOW that your fracture is healed? KNOW being the operative word….you know when
the limb begins to resume “normal” functioning and strength.
I say this because people of color have been taught to
forgive and forget as a way to become complicit in their own demise. Forgive
and forget the atrocities because we were taught that our anger was against
what God wanted and we dare not offend God….
Now don’t get me wrong…hatred for my fellow man is totally
out of line. I do not harbor hate or ill will for anyone but I won’t forget
either. If I forget then I give permission to my own harm. The word does not
render you an ill-equipped amnesiac to blindly follow whoever has the ability
to speak the words that appeal to you….the word prepares you to be a mentally
and emotionally armed soldier of/for social justice.
How ya livin’?
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