Friday, March 30, 2012
Who am I to forgive?
Do people truly deserve forgiveness? In all honesty I think that some people's actions are so horrific that forgiveness seems almost impossible. For example, would you want to forgive someone who for over 20 years kidnaps children and forces them to be soldiers or sex slaves? No. Yet, my beliefs and my morals tell me that no matter what, the crime is, everyone deserves forgiveness. Who am I to decide whether someone should be forgiven? What if that person finds shame in what they did and repented? Then should I still not forgive? I believe that no matter how repulsive his actions may be he should be forgiven. After all, we all do things we regret, and if we were in a similar scenario we would want to be forgiven too.
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I agree, there is always a difference between what should be done and what we would be able to do if we were in the situation ourselves. It is always "easier said than done". But you are also right in saying, who are we to decide if they are forgiven or not. As humans we must do the best we can to forgive them and leave the final outcome up to God, because he is the one making the final decision anyway.
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