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Forgiving the Unforgiven
Yenny Kartika Official Writer
1315Colossians 3:13
If anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Bible Reading for a Year [bible]psalm17[/bible]; [bible]hebre11[/bible]; [bible]00job11-12[/bible]
During the Second World War, Corrie ten Boom’s family, which was known as a watchmaking business owner, actively worked to protect Jewish families. Unfortunately, the entire ten Boom family was arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Ten days after the arrest, Corrie’s father died, and so did Betsie, Corrie’s sister. However, before Betsie died, she left Corrie a legacy of faith.
That faith led Corrie to forgive even the ruthless men who served as guards during her concentration camp days. While hate and the desire for revenge continued to destroy many lives long after the concentration camps were gone, Corrie knew the truth: Hate, no matter how justified it may seem, hurts the hater more than the hated.
Today, like Corrie, we each have the opportunity to love our enemy and choose forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn’t excuse the offense but when we forgive we show Christ to the world. “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Eph. 4:32).
God will help us let go of every angry grudge in our heart and change it into a vessel to show His love, as we let the Spirit work in us so that the image of the Savior emerges from deep inside and becomes testimony for others.
Forgiveness means releasing a person imprisoned in angry grudge and hate; and that very person is each of us. When we forgive, we release ourselves.
