Forgiving

It's really tough not knowing everything about people. However, it is also there where it is up to us to trust them. Sure, we do not want to be fooled nor to we want to make assumptions, but there comes a time where you must evaluate your trust in someone. There will always be a first time, so you cannot recall on the past to determine your trust, and that's when you put your faith in them. Discernment is our best friend when it comes to our friends and acquaintances. Most of the time there is not much malicious intent in those that we meet, but on the odd occasion there is. This is when I choose considered action rather than blind trust. We must not make the mistake though, and we must be merciful to those who wrong us; they may not have done so intentionally. If there is one thing we know, is that we ourselves are given and undeserved salvation through God's grace. Therefore, we ought to offer that same compassion and forgiveness. For we never hate the sinner, just like God never hated us, but despise the sin itself. After all, when we commit a misdeed, do we hate ourselves? Or the fact that we committed the deed? No man denies the blame when he knows he has done something wrong, but no man goes and punishes himself either.

In the same way the knowledge of their mistake is more than what we could ask for. We can only forgive, not judge. If it is a felony, of course there will be consequence as we are subject to the laws of earth. That does not mean we do not forgive. For a felony is no different to the sin we commit everyday. Our pride is much worse, and its tarnish is much more fatal than a felony. So trust in the good in people, because they too are loved by God. The evil comes out from within all of us, but we forgive others as we are to be forgiven.