Feb 12: Love keeps no records of wrongs
I've been listening to 1 Corinthians 13 [click to play with Realplayer] and getting quietly intruiged. You see, several persons who have ministered to me in the past tell me that forgiveness doesn't include forgetting. The implication is that when someone has lost your trust, you are not obliged to give it back, even though you've forgiven.
Looking at 1 Corinthians 13:5, we're told that, "...[love] keeps no record of wrongs." that to me means that I'm justified in giving people my trust, even when they should, in secularist terms, at least, loose it for good.
People have suggested that taking this approach means that I'm walked over, but I find that people don't take advantage of me in that way: maybe being offered trust makes people feel valued. A lot of the people's wrong-doing is because business, education and everything else tells people to take a position of fear before they offer anyone the hand of friendship and trust. It must be something to be won, rather than offered as of right. I think Paul was trying to tell us that we're doing something wrong. The Darby translation says instead, "...[love] does not impute evil." Quite right. And neither should we.
Looking at 1 Corinthians 13:5, we're told that, "...[love] keeps no record of wrongs." that to me means that I'm justified in giving people my trust, even when they should, in secularist terms, at least, loose it for good.
People have suggested that taking this approach means that I'm walked over, but I find that people don't take advantage of me in that way: maybe being offered trust makes people feel valued. A lot of the people's wrong-doing is because business, education and everything else tells people to take a position of fear before they offer anyone the hand of friendship and trust. It must be something to be won, rather than offered as of right. I think Paul was trying to tell us that we're doing something wrong. The Darby translation says instead, "...[love] does not impute evil." Quite right. And neither should we.