My office chair is at room temperature; Check. Blog writer is prepped and ready to rumble; Check. Electric bill is paid up for the month, I think. Now did I pay my internet provider this month? Maybe I should give them a call. Never mind. It can wait. I believe Writeteller.com is ready for a post lift off.
I probably should have Ai write me up some jokes, huh?
Hi! Got a a new post to host. Let me just type it out for you.
What do you think about when you hear or see the word forgiveness? …Anybody?
These days, I’m thinking that it’s a word that doesn’t have a functioning definition. What does not having a functioning definition mean? I’ll be honest with you. This idea of a non-functioning definition just came to me. Forgiveness has been on my mind for a long time now. So this revelation is kind of catching me by surprise. But I think that the revelation information came just at the right time.
First, when you forgive somebody, how do you think it works? I use to think that you just say you forgive a person, and that would be the end of it. All better. All good. So now, let’s be friends. But does it really work that way? Does saying you forgive someone have some kind of magical effect that makes hate and hard feelings disappear?
I’m guessing that most of the time “I forgive you” is code for “I forgive you, BUT..” Forgiveness with a “but” in it is usually forgiveness with conditions. Hard feelings included. Can you read what I’m saying?
Okay. What if a person says “I forgive you,” but after they say it, they still can’t stand to be in the same room as the person they’ve forgiven? Forgiveness? …Or say that they forgive, but won’t pray a word on the forgiven person’s behalf. …Or after a forgiver says that they forgive, can’t look at the forgiven person without unforgiveness still burning in their eyes. I’m no PhD. But this is not the dictionary’s definition of what forgiveness is. I wouldn’t blame anybody if they didn’t take my word for it. Ask Google what he thinks. …She? Google is a guy, right?
Folks, when it comes right down to it, which kind of forgiveness is worth giving or receiving? The kind God gives or the kind that is only on the outside, with no real forgiveness on the inside. But, right quick, let me spread a little starlight on something very important about the kind of forgiveness that is worth giving or receiving. Forgiveness of this kind can only be given if it comes from the kind of love God has for everyone on Earth. It’s the only power I know that can power forgiveness that is given without conditions. …Meaning forgiveness without any hatred, prejudice, false good, or grudges added in. Without God’s kind of love in it, there can never be the dictionary’s definition of forgiveness. God’s love is at the heart of all real forgiveness.
To forgive someone who framed you, for a crime you didn’t commit, would take the power of God’s love, wouldn’t you agree? And not being willing to forgive; wouldn’t that highlight an anti God’s-love kind of power?
Hey. Got to let my keyboard cool off now. Glad you stopped by. Until next blog. Keep a good thought handy.