Thursday, September 19, 2019

Forgiving Is Fun (?) 🤔😅

How to forgive someone causing your financial loss? Is "to forgive also to forget"? What's wrong with society? Is there an actual gap between the "spiritual" teaching of forgiveness  with the empirical practice in "real world" sectors?

I was packing piles of order, the largest in recent month. As always, my OCD wrapping style gave no rooms for mediocre packaging quality, I was lavishing the box with perhaps a dime worth of paper & tapes. But you might be surprised that underneath was merchandise sold with around -$0.25 profit, offered just to cut losses & helped with the house's cash flow.

Yes, I was living the (not so good) dream, ridding stockpiles caused by a business fraud.

I won't get into details, I'm aiming at other (higher) points.

It would almost be effortless to jump in & out of a debate on "biblical" forgiveness. We may have known stories of "The Wicked Servant" or the "70x7" sayings of Jesus, or his last words on the Cross pleading God the Father that his oppositions would be forgiven.

As a melancholic, struggling with traits of being sensible, as well as few experiences, I'm no stranger to faith struggles related to dealing (mostly with myself) with strives, offenses and treason.

I might claim to know more than most people that to apply selective amnesia in forgiving isn't that natural nor practical in terms of financial / assets. Those claiming to be able to forget harsh words or family / spouse quarrels would surely have their reality checked when they have to maintain cooperative & supportive mindsets & gestures dealing with such, already causing financial damage, after trust being breached.

But NO, I know nothing more than you. I struggle, I cried, I wonder, I throw m#ddle f#nger to the sky! The most hurt is probably caused by not knowing "why".

Then, I was comforted by an article on suicide victims by Dr. Dale M. Coulter. It's a sobering faith trip, a continuous reflections of how imperfect we are when it comes to forgiving. This struggles challenge me to be genuine whenever I come to God for restoration. As with other sinful tendencies, I can only offer a holding hand 🙏. Let's walk by grace to HIM who's perfectly forgiven. 💖📖


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