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1 | To forgive and be forgiven | Matt 6:12 | Hank | 8176 | ||
The scoffers may laugh when they read on this forum that someone is asking to be forgiven for saying something that may have offended another, and they may look with skepticism when someone says that he forgives. Those who would seem to believe that Christians are somehow immune to human passion need to disembarrass themselves from this delusion. When, from time to time, we see a series of apologies and acceptances of apolgies, it is no cause to feel ashamed of this forum. Quite the opposite. When forgiveness is not asked for, when forgiveness is not granted -- then is the time to worry. We are, all of us, thrown together as it were in this room we call a forum. We are from varying and diverse backgrounds, communions, points of view, doctrinal persuasions and convictions. It is all but inevitable that clashes are bound to occur, made the more pronounced by our lack of being able to see each other or hear each other. When you can look at another person, you can see his facial expressions, his body language. When you can hear his voice, you can gain a great deal of meaning, not only by what he says, but by the tone of his voice when he is saying it. On the forum we are limited. We must get all our meaning from the words that appear on the screen. There can be no doubt that there is often a dichotomy between what the words seem to say and what the author of those words meant to say. There are some posters on the forum who write with a great deal more felicity than others. They are more at ease with the written word and can express themselves with more clarity than some others. And what has been said about writing posts can be said about reading them. Reading and comprehension skills vary widely among people. No one is entirely free of the error of occasionally reading into a piece of writing more than it actually says, or of failing to grasp the full meaning of what is actually being said.....Well, you get the drift I trust. I'd never meant to post a dissertation on language usage. It sounds like something from an English teacher, and that I'm not, although it was my major topic of study back in 1812 when I went to school....To conclude: My heart is touched and my hat goes off to all of you who have posted, whether forgiveness sought or forgiveness granted. I live in as much of a glass house as any of you and put myself at the head of the line of those who beg to be forgiven of any wrong doing, whether realized or unrealized. In my book, a man never stands taller than when he is on his knees begging forgiveness. --Hank | ||||||
2 | To forgive and be forgiven | Matt 6:12 | Makarios | 8199 | ||
I sincerely appreciate this note, Hank! Wow, you most certainly have a gift of eloquence in writing! It is encouraging for me to see my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ coming together in forgiveness and repentance and displaying to all on the Forum just what servanthood means! We abandon our own initiatives for that of our brother or sister, no matter how 'far fetched' we thought them to be.. I am avidly reminded of how things will be in heaven, where there will be no divisions among us whatsoever! Thank you Hank, and I am again reminded of 'where the rubber meets the road': of the awesome things that take place when a person comes before their Lord on their knees, begging for forgiveness. | ||||||