tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794003589871580138.post2653344616490452379..comments2024-01-20T02:59:47.120-08:00Comments on Reflections on Life : Post Estrangement: 40 Days of Reflections on Forgiveness Renate Dundys Marrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554730481349533628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794003589871580138.post-29550660731540104102016-01-09T16:52:08.342-08:002016-01-09T16:52:08.342-08:00Excellent post!! We have been told only one side, ...Excellent post!! We have been told only one side, which is abusive. Luke 17:3 says, "If he repents, forgive him." And this does not mean shallow words. Repentance is an action which produces fruit (Matt 3:8), which they must prove. And how long does it take to produce fruit? Sometimes many years, carefully tending the delicate plant. Not being nice one day and yelling the next, or threatening to cut you off again. Jesus does not want us to be used or abused. Mothers are to Honored....ValleyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706095272844619027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794003589871580138.post-32141471507948673832015-03-07T21:50:22.793-08:002015-03-07T21:50:22.793-08:00Right: if they ever want to make sincere "ame...Right: if they ever want to make sincere "amends" I will be waiting with open arms. I expect respect and consideration too, and real amends... not just empty words. Let them ask for forgiveness. We don't have to give it to people who don't think they did anything wrong, or don't care if they did anything wrong! Our culture is so misguided in so many ways. It's as if it's geared to keep the abusers in business NO MATTER WHAT. When will people wake up and put blame and shame where it belongs? When will victim shaming and victim blaming end? I'm tired of it and I'm ready for a cultural change.Catherine Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106773955427187343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794003589871580138.post-29241007836425124662015-03-07T21:48:25.022-08:002015-03-07T21:48:25.022-08:00I don't have to "forgive" anything. ...I don't have to "forgive" anything. People love to pressure us and blame us all over again... first because we were injured, and now because we haven't "forgiven." They can all go to you-know-where! I don't have to "forgive." The abuser has to live with what they did, and so do I. They will have to answer for what they did in this world and the next. I have to find a way to live with what they did.<br /><br />Period. End. Poo. End of story. Dear God please show us The Way.<br />Gracias, Amen.Catherine Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106773955427187343noreply@blogger.com