Forgive and Forget
How seemingly elementary, and how slickly it rolls off our tongues when we are not the ones deep in anger. Forgive and forget, and your life will return back to normal.
When we say it, what are we thinking? Forgetting the wrongs others have done to us? Erasing the nagging memory of quarrelling with a loved one? And yet, when I think of it in this context, it seems rather impossible.
Like how I still remember...
Cyrus shoving me into a pillar.
Ernest slapping and kicking me.
The time when I fell out with my best friend.
That day when I lashed out at my parents with my wicked tongue.
They all come back to me. So vividly.
Forgiving someone is difficult, but not impossible. Not with God. At that point of time, we always think that we will never ever be able to forgive the person, never be able to restore the rapport between us. But time heals. It really does. God really heals.
Forgetting. She told me forgetting does not mean to put a particular incident out of your mind. But rather, to forget the feelings of anger and fury directed at the person.
And so, I tried. It was true. While I still remembered the incidents, I was simply unable to dredge up the previous feelings of resentment and wrath. I just couldn't. And now I am left so amazed at how God heals.
I stand in awe.
~aloe
Timothy Tang
17
Rockdige Secondery
Jan 13th 1992
[[ The Wishlist ]]
I could use a new set of headphones...
More guitars?
Maybe a grand piano...
and the will power to write my books
If only life was a fantasy story...
A weekend away with my extended family perhaps? (You know who you are) (^_^)
Fantasy of Darkness (A book project of mine)
Da creater
[[ Don't talk crap, it's ****ng rude ]]
Forgive and Forget
How seemingly elementary, and how slickly it rolls off our tongues when we are not the ones deep in anger. Forgive and forget, and your life will return back to normal.
When we say it, what are we thinking? Forgetting the wrongs others have done to us? Erasing the nagging memory of quarrelling with a loved one? And yet, when I think of it in this context, it seems rather impossible.
Like how I still remember...
Cyrus shoving me into a pillar.
Ernest slapping and kicking me.
The time when I fell out with my best friend.
That day when I lashed out at my parents with my wicked tongue.
They all come back to me. So vividly.
Forgiving someone is difficult, but not impossible. Not with God. At that point of time, we always think that we will never ever be able to forgive the person, never be able to restore the rapport between us. But time heals. It really does. God really heals.
Forgetting. She told me forgetting does not mean to put a particular incident out of your mind. But rather, to forget the feelings of anger and fury directed at the person.
And so, I tried. It was true. While I still remembered the incidents, I was simply unable to dredge up the previous feelings of resentment and wrath. I just couldn't. And now I am left so amazed at how God heals.
I stand in awe.
~aloe