tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post5558954673787074176..comments2023-10-20T05:50:34.162-05:00Comments on with devotion: The Struggle to Forgivekc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-15840084094407046722010-07-25T09:06:56.044-05:002010-07-25T09:06:56.044-05:00@Sophia - I understand a little of what you are sa...@Sophia - I understand a little of what you are saying. Sometimes forgiveness frees us from the need to interact with people who continually act bad. Sometimes forgiving someone is about letting go of both the anger and the relationship.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-77790689130274320612010-07-22T01:48:55.332-05:002010-07-22T01:48:55.332-05:00HI,
My name is Sophia i struggle to forgive somebo...HI,<br />My name is Sophia i struggle to forgive somebody in my life.<br />This person does the same act time and time again, the times it is done i have been so angry, but then am the one to innitiate reconciliation.<br />This person has acted again and i am left with the same anger, i do not have it in me to initiate forgiveness again, but this person is to much of a coward to do it.....<br />I struggleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-53054969467792137412010-04-18T13:47:56.402-05:002010-04-18T13:47:56.402-05:00Thank you for this blog, Bob. So many times I com...Thank you for this blog, Bob. So many times I come here to find you have written about something I'm struggling with at the time and this is no exception.<br /><br />Some time ago I read a treatise on forgiveness where the Christian author proclaimed humanity has so much trouble with forgiveness because it is quite simply an unnatural act. In this fallen state of humanity, retribution is natural, not forgiveness. So a genuine act of forgiveness must be supernatural, stemming from a forgiving God.<br /><br />And thank you for quoting Corrie Ten Boom, one of the great saints who came out of the horrors of WW2. Her book "The Hiding Place" should be considered NECESSARY reading for Christians, particularly American Christians who have yet to taste real persecution.crownringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091550580924650465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-71566751650879439132010-04-17T09:05:34.260-05:002010-04-17T09:05:34.260-05:00@Bill - Thanks for the recommendation!
@Mike - Ye...@Bill - Thanks for the recommendation!<br /><br />@Mike - Yes! All God really asks is for a simple step. Sometimes reconciliation is not possible because it required both the forgiver and forgivee to participate.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-73135484641655372202010-04-17T05:18:44.018-05:002010-04-17T05:18:44.018-05:00So glad you made a distinction between forgiveness...So glad you made a distinction between forgiveness and reconciliation. I suffered for years because I thought they were the same! <br /><br />I also often find that I just <i>cannot</i> forgive, humanly speaking, but as I take one step forward in willingness then God steps in and helps me with the rest. Great post Bob.duopastoralehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629791757005585762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-40166101287662109602010-04-16T16:16:23.969-05:002010-04-16T16:16:23.969-05:00Bill says:
I suggest you read the book "Forg...Bill says:<br /><br />I suggest you read the book "Forgiving the Dead Man Walking". It is one of the best books you will ever read on forgiveness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com