by Berni Dymet
Matt. 5:43-44 "You
have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate
your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you..."
I was interviewing a woman called Lorraine recently - whose son was hit
by a drunk driver and left to die. Now, if that driver had stopped to
help - her son would probably still be alive today.
What struck me about Lorraine - was that the pain of her loss - a
mother's pain - was still so raw in her heart. But in the middle of all
that, she was determined to forgive.
And I've watched her since - the way she's healed - is so amazing. She
can never ever change what happened. No form of justice can ever bring
her son back.
Jesus once said - love your enemies. I think those three words sum up
what it means to forgive. Is it easy? No. But my hunch is that for
Lorraine, as hard as it would have been to forgive that drunk driver, it
was a whole bunch easier than carrying around the cancer of
unforgiveness for the rest of her days.
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