“Just forgive and forget”
I truly hope that this short phrase is easier done than said.
It is truly so easy to say but a lot harder to do.
It might have been said to us and we might have said this to another as well.
Is it really that hard to forgive? Can I just close my eyes and everything will be okay?
Can I just tell my brain to forget something that has been instilled in my mind for so long that it has been engraved? Is it the hurt in my heart that I cannot erase?
It may not be easy to forget the hurts that we’ve caused to another brother or sister nor the hurts that we feel in our hearts. The memory of the hurt may stay in our hearts and our minds forever. We might not really be able to fully forget, but we can replace. Our memory is so beautiful yet so complex in its entirety. Maybe we can try to replace something hurtful that we shoved in our long-term memory and replace it with something so beautiful. When we are able to let go of the hurts of the past, then we have truly learned how to forgive. We have been set free. Let’s try to keep a memory that will last forever. Let us replace those hurtful moments in our lives with the everlasting memory and thought of our Lord. He is our forever.
We are forgiven each day, each moment, each nanosecond of our lives. We are even given this freedom to our very last breath. Why choose to linger on the things that give us sorrow and pain, when the experience of joy and resurrection is given to us each day. We have a tendency to linger in the past, that we may have missed so many beautiful things in the present. Let us live in the now. Our Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us and His redemption lives forever.
He is our God and He is here and now.
As we approach Easter Sunday, let us continue to journey with the Lord and let our hearts be soaked in His Great Love. Easter is approaching and we are Easter people, as we are people of great hope because we hope in the Lord.
Let us fill our hearts with only the things that are necessary. Unload the things that keep our hearts heavy. Let God chisel away the unnecessary.
“Travel light. Sin no more.”
Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD
God bless us all always.
Peace and Love.
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