THE FLIP SIDE OF FORGIVENESS
From my most recent article on Relevant Magazine ...
It’s often been said that holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and expecting it to kill someone else.
But we’re rarely fond of the alternative. On the surface, forgiveness can be very unsatisfying. It’s easier to imagine methods of retribution for those who have wounded us rather than forgive them. They may not feel better afterward, but we might.
These thoughts and more were running through my head as I drove back on the country roads somewhere around 1 a.m. I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to get in my car and drive. It was a bitter cold, clear night. The moon was nearly full. The longer I drove the more my rage subsided and something else welled up inside me—deep pain.