#28

  1. ENERGY & INTIMACY
  2. GIBSON & GLOVER MAKE NEWS
  3. MOON NAMES
  4. MELANIN
  5. VISUALIZING LIGHT
  6. BLACK THINK TANK RESULTS
  7. DRIVING WHILE BLACK
  8. THE STATE OF OUR SOULS
  9. DISTRESSED BY STRESS?
  10. MONEY AND SPIRIT
  11. DIVINE CONVERSATION
  12. MANSHARING
  13. SEX AND SKIN
  14. THINK AND ACT
  15. Gullah-Geechee Culture
  16. BLACKS IN NAZI GERMANY
  17. THE GIFT OF JAZZ
  18. WOMEN AWAKEN
  19. CHILDREN AND SEX
  20. BREATHE, MY FRIEND!
  21. WOMEN & MUSIC
  22. SINGLE GRANDMOTHERS
  23. AIN'T I A WOMAN?
  24. REPARATIONS
  25. MSG KILLS
  26. MOTHERHOOD
  27. STAND IN THE LIGHT
  28. FORGIVENESS
  29. COSBY SPEAKS
  30. TREE SHAKERS
  31. CHILDREN
  32. EAGLES
  33. TERRORISM IN AMERICA
  34. BARAKA ON MILNER
  35. NAMES OF AFRIKAN COUNTRIES
  36. INDIAN MEANS "IN GOD"
  37. WHAT IS BEBOP?
  38. ENGLAND'S BLACK QUEEN
  39. LETTER TO DAUGHTERS
  40. MASS ASCENSION
FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness is not a form of self-sacrifice. Forgiveness is not pretending that everything is just fine when you feel it isn't. This is perhaps the most difficult concept of forgiveness to understand because, sometimes, the distinction between being truly forgiving and simply denying or repressing anger and pain can be deceptive and confusing.
Plastering a smile on your face and "making nice" is not forgiving. Either we forgive, or we do not -- there is no halfway. And we must be careful to be honest with ourselves if we are not ready to forgive, because, in the long, run it is better to admit to and deal with our inability to forgive than just to pretend to forgive.



Rev. David Gray

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