FORGIVENESS AGAIN

 

FORGIVENESS AGAIN

Forgiveness is one of the cardinal virtues. Although crime and punishment, sin and retribution go together, yet it cannot be denied that God is great. Forgiveness is one of His perpetual  qualities. Man commits wrong, God overlooks it if He is approached through genuine prayer.

There are many thoughts on God’s and great people’s nature of forgiveness. For example:

i).To err is human; to forgive divine. ---English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744).

ii). He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.---English divine and poet George Herbert (1583-1633).

iii). We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves. ---English novelist George Eliot (1819-80).

iv). Life that needs forgiveness has for its first duty to forgive.---English novelist Bulwer-Lytton (1803-73).

v). Never does the human soul appear so strong, and noble as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.---American clergy E.H.Chapin(181480).

vi). Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. ---English courtier Philip Stanhope Chesterfield (1694-1773).

             It is not once or twice that people commit a legal or moral wrong. They do so many times and it is many times that they seek forgiveness. Never deny it because  it is never too late to mend.

            Finally, this short but a most effective quote: Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals.

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G.R.Kanwal

4 October 2024