We seek to turn our will and our life over to the care of God...first, because that's the footsteps we're following, then because we find our peace there. A very hard-to-find peace it is...or hard-to-believe we've found it, more like.
Looking back, we recognize the act of forgiveness is of God. We know we have turned our will and our life over to the care of God when the grace of forgiveness flows from us detached entirely from our will. We recognize unto realization unto acceptance: This is not a one-shot deal, this is our gift upon which we begin to build.
More and more we understand forgiveness as the base of the Sermon on the Mount. There be the origin, the motivator, the reason for its existence to this day.
We come to see forgiveness as another word for love. For acceptance. For nonresistance. For get over yourself.
Interesting fact about forgiveness...it cannot be self-willed. It can only be wrapped by a Power greater than ourself...by almighty God to me or by whatever name It announces Itself to you.
Another interesting fact...we can only be certain sure that we have forgiven or that we have been forgiven by the peace we receive from within...the lack of inner resistance we now have to whomever or whatever, including ourself, we've been holding to account for our feelings.
Yet another: Lack of inner resistance, nonresistance, is also known as love...or God.
Thank you.
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