forgiveness is from God

from my tumblr
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parent of victim chooses to forgive shooter

When asked what she would say to the suspected shooter, Ferguson said, “I would tell him I forgive him because, a lot of times, they don’t know what they’re doing. That’s all I’d say.”

“I taught Demetrius not to live in the past, to live in today and forgiveness is divine. You have to forgive everything. God’s grace is new each and every day,” she said. “Until you’ve walked in another person’s shoes, you don’t know what made him come to this point.”

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“He wasn’t a morning person and he was late for school. But that one day he wasn’t late,” his mom said. “We were running a little late, but we weren’t late enough. But it’s okay. It’s in God’s hands. Let his will be done.”

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“God knew what he was doing. It’s not for my understanding, but mine to accept and remember him as he was,” Ferguson said.
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Just a quick thought:

As Ms. Ferguson said, "forgiveness is divine."


Forgiveness, the act of showing grace practically, is from God. You cannot possibly forgive anyone fully just by saying so.  You cannot do it by sheer willpower.

Think about it. How can that be even possible when the worst sin has been done against you?

For Ms. Ferguson, I believe that in her heart, there is still a grief only a mother would know. The grief of losing a son, by way of a horrible death. I believe that her heart is not fully healed of this and as she says she is forgiving the shooter, that her heart doesn't fully resonate with that statement...

...at least not yet.

She is choosing to forgive by faith. And assuming that she is a believer of Christ (which seems to be the case), it is the understanding that forgiveness and grace is a divine act, not by our will but by His will and power which will lead and guide her heart during this time of healing.

God's greatest forgiveness and grace is seen at the cross of Christ. A just action would've been to condemn us all...but He chose to forgive.

We have been forgiven of much.

remember that you are also able to forgive in faith. You may not feel it now or even agree with it. But leave at least some space in your heart to forgive by faith because brother, sister, you have been forgiven of a cosmically greater sin against God.