Imagine you look back over your life and you see a time when you were very immature and naïve. You did something that was so horrible to someone. Maybe what you did or said was to a parent or a friend. Or perhaps you did something very awful to someone you were dating. Or maybe you say what you did wasn’t all that bad but you’ve done something during your lifetime that you wish you could take back. Imagine getting the opportunity to say you’re sorry to that person and ask that person to forgive you for what you did but they refused. Their voice echoing in your ears, “I don’t want to hear your “sorry” and I will never forgive you. As a matter of fact I hate you!” Cold words, right? Well, now imagine that feeling being magnified because every single time you did something, regardless of how small you could never be forgiven by anyone ever. You forgot someone’s birthday; that person is forever angry at you. It even costs you a friendship. You missed returning someone’s phone call just one time. This relationship is never the same. The first time you arrived late for work; you get your walking papers. Even your dog who always ran to you now wants absolutely nothing to do with you because you took a little too long to feed him. What a cold, cold world if you had to be perfect because just one screw up, JUST ONE costs you something EVERY SINGLE TIME without fail. But yet I doubt there is one single person on the face of this earth that can say they have NEVER experienced the gift of forgiveness at the hands of someone. Forgiveness is truly a gift because it’s something that you can never take from anyone; it must be willingly extended to you. I am grateful for every hand of forgiveness that is extended towards me. I am grateful for the times I’ve been late making it to my work desk and it didn’t count against me. Yes, this is a form of forgiveness. And please, no one get the idea that I have a chronic problem. I just pointed that out because sometimes we are so quick to think we have very little for which to be thankful. We should instead be quick to think about all the graces we receive every moment of the day. So, thank God for every act of forgiveness extended to you and extend the same to others. After all, whether you believe it or not, God has forgiven us all for much.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Days of PURPOSEFUL Thankfulness – Day #54
Note: Refer to day number 1 (July 25, 2015 post) if you
don’t know what this is all about.
Imagine you look back over your life and you see a time when you were very immature and naïve. You did something that was so horrible to someone. Maybe what you did or said was to a parent or a friend. Or perhaps you did something very awful to someone you were dating. Or maybe you say what you did wasn’t all that bad but you’ve done something during your lifetime that you wish you could take back. Imagine getting the opportunity to say you’re sorry to that person and ask that person to forgive you for what you did but they refused. Their voice echoing in your ears, “I don’t want to hear your “sorry” and I will never forgive you. As a matter of fact I hate you!” Cold words, right? Well, now imagine that feeling being magnified because every single time you did something, regardless of how small you could never be forgiven by anyone ever. You forgot someone’s birthday; that person is forever angry at you. It even costs you a friendship. You missed returning someone’s phone call just one time. This relationship is never the same. The first time you arrived late for work; you get your walking papers. Even your dog who always ran to you now wants absolutely nothing to do with you because you took a little too long to feed him. What a cold, cold world if you had to be perfect because just one screw up, JUST ONE costs you something EVERY SINGLE TIME without fail. But yet I doubt there is one single person on the face of this earth that can say they have NEVER experienced the gift of forgiveness at the hands of someone. Forgiveness is truly a gift because it’s something that you can never take from anyone; it must be willingly extended to you. I am grateful for every hand of forgiveness that is extended towards me. I am grateful for the times I’ve been late making it to my work desk and it didn’t count against me. Yes, this is a form of forgiveness. And please, no one get the idea that I have a chronic problem. I just pointed that out because sometimes we are so quick to think we have very little for which to be thankful. We should instead be quick to think about all the graces we receive every moment of the day. So, thank God for every act of forgiveness extended to you and extend the same to others. After all, whether you believe it or not, God has forgiven us all for much.
Imagine you look back over your life and you see a time when you were very immature and naïve. You did something that was so horrible to someone. Maybe what you did or said was to a parent or a friend. Or perhaps you did something very awful to someone you were dating. Or maybe you say what you did wasn’t all that bad but you’ve done something during your lifetime that you wish you could take back. Imagine getting the opportunity to say you’re sorry to that person and ask that person to forgive you for what you did but they refused. Their voice echoing in your ears, “I don’t want to hear your “sorry” and I will never forgive you. As a matter of fact I hate you!” Cold words, right? Well, now imagine that feeling being magnified because every single time you did something, regardless of how small you could never be forgiven by anyone ever. You forgot someone’s birthday; that person is forever angry at you. It even costs you a friendship. You missed returning someone’s phone call just one time. This relationship is never the same. The first time you arrived late for work; you get your walking papers. Even your dog who always ran to you now wants absolutely nothing to do with you because you took a little too long to feed him. What a cold, cold world if you had to be perfect because just one screw up, JUST ONE costs you something EVERY SINGLE TIME without fail. But yet I doubt there is one single person on the face of this earth that can say they have NEVER experienced the gift of forgiveness at the hands of someone. Forgiveness is truly a gift because it’s something that you can never take from anyone; it must be willingly extended to you. I am grateful for every hand of forgiveness that is extended towards me. I am grateful for the times I’ve been late making it to my work desk and it didn’t count against me. Yes, this is a form of forgiveness. And please, no one get the idea that I have a chronic problem. I just pointed that out because sometimes we are so quick to think we have very little for which to be thankful. We should instead be quick to think about all the graces we receive every moment of the day. So, thank God for every act of forgiveness extended to you and extend the same to others. After all, whether you believe it or not, God has forgiven us all for much.
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