This week’s spiritual discipline is forgiveness. This blog is from the book a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder.
forgive us our trespasses,
we pray.
as we forgive those who have
trespassed against us,
we say.
a decision we make,
is forgiveness.
not waiting until a payment is made,
an apology requested,
a confession voiced,
an awareness of wrong.
not waiting at all
but choosing to forgive.
no longer holding an action
against another.
maybe the person
needing to be forgiven
has no knowledge of their need.
maybe they know
but don’t care.
maybe they continue
to believe they’re right.
forgive anyway.
that’s the way toward healing.
