I watch the BET awards last night because of the tribute to Prince....I also watch the tribute that young Chris Brown did in honor of Michale Jackson.....Chris Brown has amazing talent.... His tribute was awesome and he has natural talent.....He has always said how much he loved and adored Michael Jackson.... It's sad to see how some people in our community...Who can't seem to forgive him for something I believe he has paid for....The young man have apologized, did public service and even tried to talk about domestic violence...I don't believe violence is right in any form.....Chris is only 21 years of age....If he's learned a lesson and taken responsibility for his action that's wonderful...Chris Brown can/will never be able to change what he did....But I strongly believe he should and can receive forgiveness for his action....Especially from Black America! Satan is a thief! Unforgiveness is one of the windows through which he enters our lives...Unforgiveness is the single most dangerous thing that the enemy uses against our people.....When we have been wronged, we like to pick apart our wrongdoers.... We emphasize all the bad things about them, we twist anything that looks remotely good, and we are quick to attack their every motive, we see them only and always in one way.
Forgiveness requires that we begin to look for the real person behind the hate we’ve created in our minds.... We need to see that they are weak, needy, and fallible.... We need to find reasons in our hearts to turn toward mercy instead of malice... This don't mean we grant them victim status and excuse all their wrong....I'm saying forgive not excuse... It mean that we begin to treat them as another participant in this messy thing called life....We are doing for them what God did for us... God could have simply seen our sin and said, “I’ve seen enough, that’s all I need to know about them.” But God looked beyond our sin and saw something worth loving.... And that’s what we’ve been called to do as well....And it is one of the deadliest thing a person can do not to be able to forgive....And the only ones that can close that window is us.
Forgiveness requires that we begin to look for the real person behind the hate we’ve created in our minds.... We need to see that they are weak, needy, and fallible.... We need to find reasons in our hearts to turn toward mercy instead of malice... This don't mean we grant them victim status and excuse all their wrong....I'm saying forgive not excuse... It mean that we begin to treat them as another participant in this messy thing called life....We are doing for them what God did for us... God could have simply seen our sin and said, “I’ve seen enough, that’s all I need to know about them.” But God looked beyond our sin and saw something worth loving.... And that’s what we’ve been called to do as well....And it is one of the deadliest thing a person can do not to be able to forgive....And the only ones that can close that window is us.
