Forgiveness Today is Easier Said than Done
OK how, you desperately ask...? reach for Jesus, God's Lifeline; in other words:
Cope your rope with:
Faith,
Love
&
Hope
The "rope" is a symbol here of forgiveness and the peace of eternal salvation... Think about the desperation of the world's inhabitants who did not believe in God and missed sailing on the FSS-SCV-1 Ark with Noah and his family (Also known as the "Father," "Son," "Spirit" "Soul Carrier Vehicle;" Genesis 7-9)
Only to find out too late that the flood waters would not put the Hell fires out.
...
Look around you, like the earth dwellers in the Great Flood. What do you see?
"Oh, oh, they silently realize. this is not good." God sees the same state of things and nods, "This is still not good
... yet!"
Then I am sure He wonders, "Who will be the first to fix it?"
While forgiveness is a fundamental tenet of the Christian faith, we fail in forgiving because we do not forgive others for their transgressions on us.
Matthew 6:14-15 highlight the issues:
"For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. "But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions."
The result is that a world that trespasses on each other. We hate that so much that we end up hating each other for not doing something that we are unwilling to do.
Our collective failure to forgive is fundamentally why our world is in the condition it is in; it's why we may be in exactly the condition that is troubling all of us.
Unforgiveness is the norm across all facets of human life on Earth. We already know what is in store for us if that continues just by looking at the the way things were and are now.
In the meantime, nobody wants to the the first to forgive.
Sound like a Catch-22 situation? Who's on First?
Take a look at what an unforgiving Earth looks like?
A fifty year old activist song described our big blue marble like a "A Ball of Confusion," at the end of its rope, unable to cope.
Today it is eerily similar to the way it was then.
It is a time of unknown futures, lost hope, ongoing proxy wars, nuclear annihilation threats, social value changes, racial unrest, rising violent crime rates, out of control law enforcement, huge swings in living costs, stagnant income levels and a massive population that suffers from the triple perfect storm of being under ill-equipped to handle such hardships. Society is generally under-educated, under-employed and under-insured and without a spiritual compass.
Look around.
The Government is deadlocked; cannot seem to pass judicious laws. It's broken.
That's OK, drop the bombs, plant the IED's, launch the drones, tear things down, demonstrate, assassinate, kill the Head of the State!
Can't reliably put food on the table and pay rent or mortgage?
Well, that's fine, subject a store or your neighbor to the five finger discount or better yet, jack a car or scam someone with a credit skimmer; buy for cheap a huge list of ID's and passwords purchased on the Deep Dark Web. Click, YouTube will show you how; see, it's easy; just grab the low hanging fruit.
You better be ready to reach for them rafters when stopped by the local police; don't even think about reaching for anything in your glove compartment. You better know your name; they won't ask you twice. Just shoot! The AI trainer counseled you that it is easier to defend against the dead. Don't worry, the Grand Jury won't indict you.
Killing someone with whom you happen to fear or disagree is an easier way to resolve conflict, isn't it? Don't like the way they drive? Just shoot'em; people are getting better and better at that now that they can get plenty of practice doing it virtually real like. Who cares if your guilty? Society will pay for your daily three squares and you can bank on early release.
Oh, I forgot you could just say no and really, really, really mean it; settle for the big loot out of court. Let taxpayer money fix weaknesses humans are unwilling to fix themselves. Let's all sing like the birdies sing, "Tweet, Tweet, Tweet@metoo;" Too hard to believe a made up reality, just sing "boo, boo, hoo, boo, hoo," my word against yours.
Goodness gracious, it's like Groundhog Day, again.
Mr. Dylan, the times they are not a changing.
In many ways things are worse than they were 50 years ago. People everywhere find themselves scratching their heads trying to figure out how to just survive.
When was the last time you faced a family disagreement of any kind? Relationship disagreements seem to be settled by avoidance or good riddance. They have been conditioned by TV Star and Repeated social media remarks to let whomever disagrees with them know that they are dead to their conscious soul.
They expect whoever is in dispute with you to simply "Relax, and accept that it's just ISIS jihad time.
A good beating or beheading in some ways may seem like a way to minimize the time it takes to agree to demands that are not yours. But, what a mess and waste that leaves.
Give the power to the powerful? Sure, only don't make me follow them because they're the only ones to benefit by my loyalty, and they're not God.
Arguments are just too hard to settle? Try a handy Glock or go to Government gun-buy-back auctions. Take too long? Get an AR-15 or easier still and less messy or try numbing your senses by becoming a "Fallout 1 thru 4" game master.
Parole is an alternative almost guaranteed when compared with high incarceration and rehab costs. When is the last time you checked recidivism rates? The US is averaging about 77% re-incarceration within five years of being released from prison. That's OK! Let's just change the law to make wrong, right and right, wrong!
God has already told us that He will not have a relationship with us if that's our mindset.
The world we manifest to God by our collective actions and beliefs are undeserving of being forgiven? That's OK, "just forget about it."
The process of forgiveness today is easier said than done.
But understand that failing to forgive is violating of God's Word and thus is incompatible with God's requirements, not my requirements, God's requirement.
Unforgiveness in principle is a sin that can keep us from entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
Questions some of us might be asking include:
- Why do we have to forgive that?
- What do we have to do to forgive?
- Will it be affordable?
- How will we know that we are forgiven?
- What will we gain if we forgive?
Instead, when we start asking how can I forgive, we'll be taking the first steps toward repairing our relationships with each other and, more importantly with God.
If that is a non-starter for you, then that's symptomatic of why society is the way it is. Ignoring that is like living your life with your head in the sand.
Let's clear our heads, minds and hearts. And begin.
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