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And Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors

© Yvette Deluca

Forgiveness seems to be a fitting topic this week since I have been neglecting my writing these past two weeks. I apologize to all who missed my article. I can blame my missing article on several things. The night before it was due we had a horrible storm making it unable for me to use my computer. The following day, I had an asthma attack which left me non-functional for over a week. I am still feeling it's effects. Last Monday I sliced my leg open on the license plate of someone's truck. That required eleven stitches and has kept me off my feet until today. I am not making excuses. My experiences these past two weeks illustrate perfectly some of the things lack of forgiveness can cause.

Jesus taught us to forgive our fellow man. He said that we will be forgiven as we forgive others. When we fail to forgive a person, it invariably comes back to us. Some say that God punishes us for our sins, lack of forgiveness being one of them. Metaphysical Christians, however, will tell you that is not the case. An unforgiving attitude does, indeed, come back to us, but not at the hand of some punishing God. Remember, God made us in his image. God, therefore, must be a forgiving entity if He/She expects us to be forgiving.

If our unforgiving attitude is not punished by God, then how does it come back to us? When we hold anger, disappointment, resentment or any other negative feeling inside us we attract more of the same. For example, when I injured my leg I was feeling resentful, angry and a little hopeless. Instead of forgiving, and releasing that negative energy I chose to hold on to it. When I did that, I attracted more of the same into my life. If I had taken the time to let go and hand my feelings to Spirit, trusting that all was well, I probably would not have bumped into that truck.

The same holds true with my asthma attack. I have not had severe breathing problems in many years. I healed my asthma by healing myself spiritually. When I gave my life to Spirit and decided to do what Spirit leads me to do regardless of the apparent consequences, my asthma disappeared. Lately, I am being led by Spirit to do something that I do not want to do. I see the Good in the act, but the thought of actually doing it scares me. I have been resentful and fearful toward Spirit for leading me to this life changing action. Only when I forgave and renewed my faith in Spirit did my breathing improve. I'm still not comfortable with what I need to do, but I can now approach it from an attitude of thankfulness and faith.