And Glory be to Jesus, would you not believe, peterjens, just click a like to BillGs post,
God forgive you to Mr. Jens.
TT - I apologize if you feel I was being unfair to you.
The problem with empathy, is you look at both sides of a discussion or point.
I have seen people here get very hurt about how others have responded. This has then come
out in paranoid comments, as if people know much more than they do, and have wrong intentions.
So what I try and do is recognise the feelings and expressions from both sides and give a bit of
background. When Jesus calls us to love our enemies and pray for them, it is this, seeing beyond
the accusation to the pain being shown.
I was friends with a believer who used to be a terrorist and as a teenager blew people up with bombs.
Some would say he was lying, I know he was not. He had grown up as an orphan in the orange lodges
of glasgow where hatred of Roman Catholics was passed on generation to generation.
Over a year of so the Lord moved in his heart and softened him so he could see people who needed a
saviour and not the label.
Another relative of mine who was a 2nd world war vet, I got to know over the years. He seemed a nice
guy. One time, the last time I ever spoke to him, he mentioned he admired Himmler. Himmler was one
reason for the Holocaust, which is one of the worst acts within humanity one group against another.
What made it so bad is it is within our culture. After this I found it hard to ever want to talk with this
man again. At his funeral some other relatives wanted to think he may have had some christian leanings.
It takes time to get to know people, and each thing always needs to be balanced out.
So my friend, God bless you, and pray for those who speak too rashly and often from a hurt heart, that
they might know Christs love and acceptance.
Please forgive me if I hurt you, because I have no intention of doing so and respect the faith you hold
in Christ, however it is expressed.