19 July 2020
The Unfinished Business of Forgiveness
What
makes us cling to life even when it is time to “move on”? Is it our unfinished
business? Sometimes we cling to life because we have not yet been able to say:
“I forgive you, and I ask for your forgiveness.” When we have forgiven those
who have hurt us and asked forgiveness from those we have hurt, a new freedom
emerges. It is the freedom to move on.
When
Jesus was dying he prayed for those who had nailed him to the cross: “Father,
forgive them; they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). That prayer
set him free to say, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).
Henri Nouwen
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