It is not fun to be beholden to others.
When we wrong someone we would just as soon pretend it never
happened. But it is sometimes fun to have others beholden to us. I
don't like to say “sorry,” but I do like to hear it. When people
apologize to me it puts me in a position of power. Of course I will
be benevolent to forgive them, I just want to know that they are
truly sorry. This, of course, is not real forgiveness. Real
forgiveness is not empowering, and does not require the repentance of
the trespasser.
In order to truly forgive we do not
need an apology. We just have to recognize our own sin against God to
realize that we have no true claim against any other.
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