Reflection 40 - Forgiveness is Humanness

Forgiveness is Humanness

Is it that easy to forgive anyone???🤔

I hope it is quite tough to forgive anybody who has committed a mistake. Even intensively if a person has committed something against your wish & will, it is all the more tougher to forgive that particular person, even unto the point of death. 

What actually makes a human to react in such a way?

I wonder if you are a human, you have to react to what is against you. But Jesus says something that is opposite to the above. Jesus says to forgive, "Not seven times, but, seventy- seven times. (Mt 18:22)

Oh My God.... How is this possible... It means I should forgive a person until I die....?

Yes, my dear Brethren.

Forgiveness is what makes a human divine. Jesus died as a human on the cross but the very moment He forgave the people who put him into death His resurrection was made possible. It is sure that the last breath of Forgiveness of Jesus is the point of convergence of His divinity and our humanity. 

What big deal we're gonna make out by not forgiving a person??? 🤔🤔🤔

 Practically nothing. 

Forgiveness arises in various ways. I try my best to figure the ways in which Forgiveness can be accomplished.

We forgive a person on any of the following criteria. 

1. Forgiving - When the virility of sin is less

2. Forgiving - When you love that person

3. Forgiving - When the person commits the sin for the first time.

4. Forgiving - When the person really regret for his fault.

5. Forgiving - When the person is not aware of his mistake.

6. Forgiving - When the person is much younger than you.

7. Forgiving - When a person is known of his/her sins yet does not know how to come out.

But Jesus' Forgiveness surpasses all these. Jesus wants us to forgive just UNCONDITIONALLY. 

He wants us to forgive a person not because he/she commits a small sins or you love that person or only if the person regrets bla bla bla...

But just he/she is a human. Because humanness is hidden in Forgiveness.

St. Augustine would beautifully say “Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.”

God gave us two invaluable things to live life fully.

1. Freedom to Choose the right

2. Forgiveness to do the right.

Let us freely choose Forgiveness as the armour of God to fight the evil of vengeance.

Let's Pray:

O Lord who shed blood for my sins, make me drop my tears for to forgive until I drop blood. Amen.

Reflection - 36 Forgive Until It's out of Hand

Forgive Until It's out of Hand

We see people never talk to their relatives or friends for years because of a small misunderstanding. Some woukd even forget the incident but still hold onto the zealous attitude. 

At times I feel so sad that those whom keep their bitter feelings never really enjoy life in abundance. This long gap eventually makes our heart rigid. We become stone hearted. 

Forgiving is a two way process. One cannot simply forgive another who is not in need of that. Sometimes we lose the meaning of forgiveness by thinking that 'though he/she never comes back I forgive them.'

Forgiveness is not simply an object thrown in front of pigs. Forgiveness shows the true self of a person. A person with real love can easily forgive. Scientifically forgiving oneself and another heals many psychological sicknesses. 

The first step to guide a person is to forgive his faults and forget his past. 

Jesus was a perfect example in making out forgiveness a sumptuous meal. Jesus taught us to forgive through His and death on Cross. 

Jesus made enormous attempts to forgive the sins of known and unknown. Nobody in this world is aptly configured to Christ in forgiving. 

Let's Pray:

Lord grant me the patience to forgive myself and others until I die. Amen 

Check out below a sample of Jesus' Forgiveness

Reflection - 8 Who are You to Judge?

                 Who are You to Judge?

Let us reflect upon "Judging"

We heard people question us at times "Who are you to judge me?"

Because in many occasions we judge people wrongly. That is really an anti Christian value. 

Judging usually happens out of three grounds

# Out of Appearances 

# Out of Behaviour / Attitude

#Out of Habits

We mostly judge a person on the first ground which is totally a mess to a Christian life. Their habits and attitude are only partial expressions of their psyche. We never analyse why a person acts or reacts in such a way to be judged wrongly by you. It is not voluntary but a psychological thrust. 

We judge them wrongly because we are self constructed to see the reality from our own perspective and not from Jesus' perspective. 

Hence Jesus says, Do not Judge so that you may not be judged.

I become more humane when I find the mind of Christ working in me while I judge others. Jesus never judged anybody. He only forgave them because Jesus completely knew who the person was and so he never wanted to hurt them by words. He knew words are very sharp. 

In these times we simply judge dead one's. If death is because of viral infection we literally isolate their family friends and everyone related to them. What a inhuman activity?

Are we afraid of this pandemic? If so we are no more a Christian!... We should be careful so that we may not be the cause of the spread of virus but still turning to God in prayer is very important. 

Let's not make a false judgment because it may ruin a Person's life to a greater extent. 

You will be forgiven for the sins you forgive

Let's pray:

O My Jesus, the Loving Lord, grant us the courage to accept everyone as they are in the journey to heaven. Amen.