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I'm just asking this rhetorically and not pertaining to any specific reply (even though some of the replies brought this on 
) I'm wondering if living with regret or guilt is essentially an act of unforgiveness?
You know, I think of this Kelley guy who murdered the Texas church-goers and how ... I guess, totally incensed I was. How this low-life threw slugs in the chests of children and where the last thing they saw was this pig loser walk away. How could I possibly forgive this? Yet I know God doesn't ask for my forgiveness for others - He demands it. So.... I'm left with having to do this somehow. To accomplish this in order that my own crimes - my own abominations - can also be forgiven.
This faith we share has its hard parts, no? So we have to dig deep and yet even below, even underneath this monumental gesture of forgiveness - that of saying "you are a child of God, Devin Kelley, of whom God loves and because God loves you, then I love you too" even deeper are the things we regret. The things for which we hold our own selves accountable. The guilt we can't shake - meaning, in essence, I can't forgive my self.
Is it easier to forgive Devin Kelley? Maybe so. But forgiving only others does not achieve the absolution we deny our self.
) I'm wondering if living with regret or guilt is essentially an act of unforgiveness? You know, I think of this Kelley guy who murdered the Texas church-goers and how ... I guess, totally incensed I was. How this low-life threw slugs in the chests of children and where the last thing they saw was this pig loser walk away. How could I possibly forgive this? Yet I know God doesn't ask for my forgiveness for others - He demands it. So.... I'm left with having to do this somehow. To accomplish this in order that my own crimes - my own abominations - can also be forgiven.
This faith we share has its hard parts, no? So we have to dig deep and yet even below, even underneath this monumental gesture of forgiveness - that of saying "you are a child of God, Devin Kelley, of whom God loves and because God loves you, then I love you too" even deeper are the things we regret. The things for which we hold our own selves accountable. The guilt we can't shake - meaning, in essence, I can't forgive my self.
Is it easier to forgive Devin Kelley? Maybe so. But forgiving only others does not achieve the absolution we deny our self.
Once restored, though, should the feeling of guilt remain? My own answer to the question "is guilt and regret essentially an act of unforgiveness?" is yes. It is not forgiving your own self. Scripture doesn't really talk about forgiving yourself, only that we can ask forgiveness and be absolved by God. Choosing to feel guilty after divine absolution is corrupting your own faith. This isn't to say your sin doesn't have consequence or there's no accountability, but it is implying, at least, that God's forgiveness isn't enough.
I believe people need the balance of both. There is a lot of deep thought provoking threads all around, and those have their place. But silly and fun are great too. My job can be mind numbing, and I like to come into here and play around with people and have fun. I love seeing the silly responses that doesn't make me have to think too hard.
To each their own, of course, but everyone deserves a break.
To each their own, of course, but everyone deserves a break.