Forgiveness
To forgive somebody is to say one way or another,
“You have done something unspeakably wrong, and by all rights, I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you’ve done and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend.”.
To accept forgiveness means to admit you’ve done something unspeakable that needs to be forgiven. Both parties must swallow their pride.
Forgiveness that’s conditional isn’t really forgiveness at all, just fair warning. Secondly, our forgiveness is among those things about us which we need to have God forgive us most.
When somebody you’ve wronged forgives you, you’re spared the dull and self-diminishing throb of a guilty conscience.
When you forgive somebody who has wronged you, you’re spared the dismal corrosion of bitterness and wounded pride.
Forgiveness means the freedom to be at peace inside their own skins and to be glad in each other’s presence.
F. Beuchner
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