tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post10601205205651818..comments2024-03-28T02:56:24.753-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: The Spirit of ChristmasDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-32128794963559010452011-12-29T16:45:31.807-08:002011-12-29T16:45:31.807-08:00Thanks. Happy New Year. Here's to a new era.Thanks. Happy New Year. Here's to a new era.Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-87491228815181527812011-12-29T07:41:57.660-08:002011-12-29T07:41:57.660-08:00" They say to err is human and to forgive is ..." They say to err is human and to forgive is divine. I remember someone I knew asking for my forgiveness once. I told them forgiveness is automatic, reconciliation is not. Sometimes the Christan concept of forgiveness can let us be trapped in an abusive relationship. All of us could to well to forgive more and judge less. Yet the people that really need to hear that don't listen while the people who are really forgiving take that message to heart and sometimes end up trapped in the cycle of abuse. I don't think God wants any of his children to be in abusive relationships. Sure anybody can change, yet that change doesn't come without honest disclosures and admissions of wrongdoing. A sincere confession comes with genuine sorrow and remorse followed by effort and hard work. After this sincere honesty comes the power of redemption and that truly is a miracle."<br /><br />One of the most powerful passages I have ever read. Thank you Agent K. May we work towards justice of compatible sorts in the new year,for the families of the growing list of victims of violence in Surrey, gang related or otherwise. <br /><br />Happy new year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com