FORGIVE & FORGET
An African man worked for a missionary in Liberia who caught him stealing clothes from her house. The man asked her forgiveness and promised he would never steal from her again. The woman forgave him and allowed him to continue to work for her. About a month later she caught him stealing from her again. When she accused the man of stealing from her, he accused of hypocrisy as he said, “What kind of a Christian are you? If you forgave me before, then why do you now remember that which no longer exists?” This clever excuse highlights a truth of forgiveness. Loving forgiveness does not look for past faults. Adapted from The Leadership Style of Jesus, by Michael Youssef, Victor Books, 1986, pgs. 84 & 85
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