Challenge for the week:
Read: Beyond Ourselves – Chapter 7
Question: Do you have hidden sins? Are you forgiven of all your sins, or are you holding on to some? Have you forgiven those who have hurt/betrayed/wronged you, or are you holding out on forgiving them? What are you condemning yourself for?
For yourself: Be honest. 1. List your habitual sins (those sins you keep asking forgiveness for, but you keep doing them). 2. List everything about everyone that you are refusing to forgive, or forget.
For your relationship: Write down the things your partner has done, which you haven’t forgiven yet. Write down the things you have done to your partner, that you believe they have not forgiven you for, and which you haven’t forgiven yourself for.
For your community: Look around at the people around you. What do you see? Do you see a beggar on the streetcorner in need of food, shelter and love? Or do you see a lazy drunkard who’ll probably spend the money you give him or her on drugs? Do you see an overwhelmed mother who is having a bad day and could probably use a little break? Or do you see a selfish, lazy person who shouldn’t have become a mother and who sits at home the whole day watching tv, not taking care of her family? Do you see people through glasses of love or judgment?
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