To forgive is asking for forgiveness
for yourself because we are all sinners. ‘Forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us’.
I think it was 1985 or 86 or 87 my
brother Paul loaned me $10,000.00 for my now ex-husband David so he could set
up his woodwork factory. David was to pay him back but he never did. I migrated
to the US in 1989 and the plan was for David to make payments to Paul but he
did not. My brother Paul told me that I owed him and I have to pay him back. We
can work out something. If he need anything in the US I would buy it and he
would minus from the $10,000.00. I did purchase many items for him. I thought
he was deducting the amounts until I met his wife Sybil (deceased). The first
day Sybil and I met she said to me, “If you would give my husband his $10,000.00
you all would have a better relationship.” I was hurt yet shocked that after
all my purchased I still owed him $10,000.00.
One day while my son Paul was in
college, I was talking to my brother Paul about this and that then he said, “Don’t
worry about the $10,000.00, give it to Paul to help with his college. I told
him thanks but in my heart, I know that I have to pay him back his $10,000.00
because he would not stop telling people that I owed him it. Just last week
someone told me that they heard that I owe Paul $10,000.00.
The things I did for Paul, I thank
God for giving me the means to do it and I forgive him for the hurt and shame.
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