God's Medication - 02 August 2007

If you forgive men when they sin against you,

your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive men their sins,

your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6: 14-15

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If you can remember, I posted about a lady who collected expressed breast milk and then sold it to those who needed it. Well, there is no way this act can be confirmed. Did she really do it? Of course, there were other things that she had done which really cause many ladies to be very angry and upset. Everyone was ready to voice out their grievances and ready to pounce at her if she does appear.

Everyone who came in contact with this lady was really angry and hence it sparked a fiery discussion in the forum. Then it turned to finger pointing and trying to dig up each other's past dealings.

Then it went on to how we should forgive and move on. However, forgiveness was not seen. Daily new information would be posted on the forum about her. Daily there would be more and more people coming forward to air their grievances. Daily there would be new drama.

For me, I read the discussions but decided that I would not join in anymore. I wrote to comment about the selling of the EBM and was truly upset by it. Then I left it as that. I refused to go and think too much into the matter. So what if she really had sold it? Do I ask her for the money? Since I had decided to give it away then I will have to leave it at that.

Ladies in the forum mentioned that this lady's act was despicable. They pitied her daughter who has such a mother. They said that they will pray for her. They say that they are willing to let go if she came forth to explain her actions. She did but it was in another forum. Her explanation was not what they wanted. They were even more angry.

They said that they want to forgive...

What is forgiveness? By going back and forth about her, is definitely not forgiveness. Digging more into her past, is definitely not forgiveness. Asking for more people to come forth with evidences of her act, is not forgiveness.

Forgiveness is like how God forgive us for our sins.

Our sins are wiped out!

So the first step will be to pray for our own sins, our anger to be be forgiven.

Next step, to pray that He will help us to forgive the person who had sinned against us.

Last step, forget what had happened and moved on.

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If you forgive men when they sin against you,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their sins,
your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6: 14-15