The Truth

Forgive is a big word. It’s huge, even gigantic. Just seven letters but it’s something that takes years to learn how to do well. And more than learning how to do it, it takes grace from God. But before we go any further, we need to define what   forgiveness   is. Or, let’s start with what   forgiveness   is not. Forgiveness   is not a compromise of morality. Don’t ever think that God would confuse moral clarity and moral responsibility with grace and forgiveness. God’s justice ensures that the murderer will not get away with murder, and the sex offender will not get away with molestation. Forgiveness is not a violation of justice. God will never compromise His justice. Forgiveness is not merely the avoidance of conflict. There are a lot of us who do not like conflict. And since we don’t want to have hard feelings or hard words with someone else, we skirt around issues of conflict. Sometimes forbearance is the right thing to do, but simple avoidance of co...

Presentation on Gender Based Violence Inter-Faith Service & Round-Table Discussion International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women In my work I have discovered four themes that seemed very important, these included: -        Physical Effects, -        Emotional Effects, -        Behavioural Effects and -        Psychological Effects Let me talk about the theme of Physical Effect, which i found to be one of the most common factors that were faced by most of the survivals of violence. Women will tell you things like: -        “He would hit me physical, punches, kick even slaps, once my mouth started bleeding” -        “He was beating me with his fist and belt, all over my body especially my face” -        “I remember felling the bloo...