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He was an ordinary boy,
living an ordinary life, in an ordinary place. One day he felt a great
discontent and decided to move out of that place. He wanted some sort of
excitement and a new life. After some reflection, he approached his father and
asked for his inheritance. His father was really sad; no parent wants to lose
their child to the world no matter what, but he gave in and gave the son
whatever he had asked for.
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Years passed by, they
always do and he squandered all his inheritance away on worldly pleasures.
Suddenly his status among his new friends diminished and he became a nobody.
Things were so bad, that he would eat with the pigs, because he had been
judged and found not worthy to be someone anymore. Suddenly, he thought of
home, back to that ordinary home and decided to go back as a servant because
his father treated everyone in his household with love and kindness.
His father saw him and welcomed him with an open arm; "Son, you were lost and now you are found. Welcome back home" How joyous the father was! Words can not really explain it.
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Forgiveness is hard!
Most of us will probably struggle with it our whole life.
We can not keep grudges
of everything that others do to us; it ties us down to that emotion - anger -
which we know of so well. It also ties us to that person we have refused to
forgive, in a very negative way.
There is great relief
and peace of mind in forgiving. Take the example of Christ; man sinned and did
everything that displeased God and what did God do? He sent his son to come to
the world to die for all humanity so that all our sins would be erased.
Lacking forgiveness
comes down to one major thing; PRIDE. There! If we can pray against pride, then
we are on our way to practicing forgiveness.
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