The reasoning mind cannot accept that extending love to evil will not make evil stronger...it may be the only thing that weakens evil purely through strengthening good.
How many times do we forgive a wrong-doer? Seven times? No. Seventy times seven, according to the Word. I'm guessing by that time, forgiveness will be our way of life, and we'll have quit counting and just forgive.
What if forgiveness is best served by silence? Maybe forgiveness does not require words, and if that be so, that would put the onus entirely upon our purified thoughts. The hardest part of that would be remembering that we are incapable of maintaining 100 percent purified thoughts. But isn't that the good news since that is what turns us and returns us to God?
The result though would show forth not only to the forgiven one, but to all with whom we come in daily contact. I have to say that is a win-win-win-win....
We must go beyond reason to love...and to forgive.
Thank you.
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