tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post4884727302506547136..comments2023-06-01T04:41:28.669-04:00Comments on an undercurrent of hostility: My Sermon from this morning: Matthew 18Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06944928044277724293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35868329.post-15356264496337099702011-09-05T13:53:06.110-04:002011-09-05T13:53:06.110-04:00quoting: "But it may not happen. The two wit...quoting: "But it may not happen. The two witnesses will be able to tell you if you need to just let it go and forgive on your own,<br />or that it needs to go to the larger body—probably the vestry, and that some kind of action be taken."<br /><br />This is the hardest thing of all. To forgive when there's no apology. To really, finally let it go. <br /><br />And you would know this as well as I, because you, also, had to leave a church behind. The action taken was to be shown the door and dismissed by those who had previously claimed to be your church "family." Forgiveness without reconciliation is a hard hard thing. Perhaps it is simply a cross to bear and bear well.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139260051111249724noreply@blogger.com