FORGIVENESS. Not a very simple concept. There are many questions for me. How? When? Under what circumstances? I'm all about forgiving someone if I think they are truly sorry for what they have done. If they can actually look at a situation and admit they had/have some flaw. But what happens when you know that person isn't sorry at all and thinks they have no fault whatsoever? And on another level, the problem gets swept under the rug with all parties involved knowing full well it's going to rear it's ugly head again at any given time. You can see it coming but short of completely sacrificing who you are as a person, there's nothing you can do about it.
SACRIFICE. Also not very simple concept. How far do you go? You can't change your personality. You can't and SHOULDN'T change WHO. YOU. ARE. Have respect? Yes. Become someone else? No way. And no one that loves you and respects YOU should expect you to either.
RESPECT. There's another one. This is one that has to be earned. I have my bad days, but I try very hard to be a good person. I'd give the shirt off my back to someone in need, and that's not just a metaphor. I have actually given the shirt off my back to a very close friend in his time of need. Even though I wasn't able to do much more, I did something. On the other hand, I'm not perfect. No one is perfect. We were made in His image but not without sin. We all screw up, but that should not be condemning. What matters is that we confess our sins, not just to God but to those we have wronged, and ask for FORGIVENESS.
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