Forgiveness....

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free...

Yesterday I received a phone call from someone very dear to me, someone I had not spoken to in quite a long time.  Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised and more so after what transpired during the call.

I love you!

My friend was just calling to tell me that not so long ago she also received the surprise of her life.  You see a long time ago my dear friend "Jenny" was treated very badly by her husbands family.  This family is very traditional and very snooty and thought that Jenny was not the best influence in their lives...as if it was up to them to make that decision.  Nevertheless Jenny was almost speechless when all of a sudden she was pulled aside by the person who had been so mean and cruel to her.

As Jenny told me, for over 10 long minutes she was being apologized to.  Person X was saying how sorry she was for having been so mean and for having said so many horrible things.  Jenny was speechless and did not fully understand what was really going on, but at the same time she told person X that whatever took place in the past is the past and that from this point on one must just move forward and try to live in peace and harmony together.

I may be a little hurt right now but,

I love you too much to be angry at you...



As Jenny was re-telling all of this to me she was also laughing.  Like all of us there was a a mischievous streak in Jenny.  In her own way she was very happy that this took place, but at the same time she was kind of gloating also about how "everything sooner or later comes back and bites you in the butt" kind of way.  She was happy and then she asked me something that left me thinking.   She said..."Nadiya has anyone ever told you they were sorry"?  Then she said to me "forgiveness is the sweetest revenge"  they never see it coming.  So wicked she sounded yet so vibrant.  Before the conversation ended Jenny also said to me that it is OK to forgive, but you know what Nadiya "I can't forget"

I don't claim to be better than Jenny.  I would like to think that I can forgive without holding on to resentments.  I honestly want to believe that I am capable of forgiving and forgetting, but deep down there is a part of me that begs to differ....

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest..

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much....

until next time...