[The following is a reworked version of my post of June 24, 2015.]
Isn't that a wonderful thought? Doesn't it quiet your mind?...even when there are no known persecutors in your life.
The clarion call that lifts my heart is the realization that simply changing my mind sets me and my persecutor free...s/he now walks free in my mind.
The freedom is in knowing, gut-bucket knowing, that we are right, and we let our persecutor off the hook at the same time. We saw the living example of that awhile back in Charleston, SC, after the murders in the Mother Emanuel AME Church...those agonized family members crying uncontrollably, speaking to the murderer of their loved ones, and simultaneously saying, "I forgive you."
There. A living picture of "God's hand is in it." Not in the murders...that's ego gone evil, but in the hearts and minds of those left behind. God's hand healing their hurt, and in that healing, bringing the possibility of good to the city, the state, the country...and even maybe, please and thank You, the murderer.
Resist not evil and be free.
Thank you.
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