We need to understand exactly what forgiveness is. Mercy can never rob justice and vice versa. There are times when it is foolish to forgive bc it only perpetuates the evil. Vice is a monster of awful mien as to be hated needs but to be seen. But, seen too often, familiar with its face we first endure, then pity then embrace. We must und…
We need to understand exactly what forgiveness is. Mercy can never rob justice and vice versa. There are times when it is foolish to forgive bc it only perpetuates the evil. Vice is a monster of awful mien as to be hated needs but to be seen. But, seen too often, familiar with its face we first endure, then pity then embrace. We must understand forgiveness much better than we do. This doesn’t mean we drag not forgiving etc around with us into bitterness or even revenge. It means we don’t use it as an excuse to do zero. Ending evil takes more guts than “forgiveness”.
I’m a fan of anger. I think it gets a bad rap. Perhaps zeal is more descriptive of that emotion (thoughts create them).. Rage is something different perhaps bc it is out of control anger? But anger when managed is passion and essential fuel for all the wars of independence that have been fought and must yet be. I don’t think it was passivity that gave vent to the Lords clearing of the money changers out of the Temple of the Most High. And it wasn’t rage either bc the Lord handed the cages of the little birds to the sellers with a take these hence make not My Father's house an house of merchandise…He didn’t destroy the birds or throw them down…clearly He was in control of His passion ( which makes the doctrine of without body parts or passions rather archaic along with all the old nonsense about Eve ) it is written the zeal of the Lords house has eaten me up.
We need to understand exactly what forgiveness is. Mercy can never rob justice and vice versa. There are times when it is foolish to forgive bc it only perpetuates the evil. Vice is a monster of awful mien as to be hated needs but to be seen. But, seen too often, familiar with its face we first endure, then pity then embrace. We must understand forgiveness much better than we do. This doesn’t mean we drag not forgiving etc around with us into bitterness or even revenge. It means we don’t use it as an excuse to do zero. Ending evil takes more guts than “forgiveness”.
I’m a fan of anger. I think it gets a bad rap. Perhaps zeal is more descriptive of that emotion (thoughts create them).. Rage is something different perhaps bc it is out of control anger? But anger when managed is passion and essential fuel for all the wars of independence that have been fought and must yet be. I don’t think it was passivity that gave vent to the Lords clearing of the money changers out of the Temple of the Most High. And it wasn’t rage either bc the Lord handed the cages of the little birds to the sellers with a take these hence make not My Father's house an house of merchandise…He didn’t destroy the birds or throw them down…clearly He was in control of His passion ( which makes the doctrine of without body parts or passions rather archaic along with all the old nonsense about Eve ) it is written the zeal of the Lords house has eaten me up.