“Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do” 1 Corinthi

“Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do” 1 Corinthians 13:5There’s a lot of faulty thinking about forgiveness. The act of forgiveness gets watered down, abused, and cheapened. So, what is forgiveness really? It’s on my mind because I was wronged this weekend. It ultimately was corrected but the guy that stole from me got away with his crime, for now...Forgiveness is not minimizing the seriousness of the offense. There is a big difference between being wounded and being wronged. Being wounded is something that’s accidental and does not require forgiveness. Being wronged means someone intentionally meant to hurt you, and that requires forgiveness.In my situation, I believe the guy that stole my winnings was not trying to hurt me intentionally, he was hurting himself. I would say I was wronged more than wounded. Either way, in my heart I forgave him and I don’t even know him. Just who did it. Forgiveness is not forgetting what happened. It’s impossible to try to forget something. (Except when you’re an old racer and forget stuff naturally, Lol) When you’re trying to forget something, what are you focusing on? The very thing you want to forget.The key isn’t forgetting. The key is learning to see it through the lens of grace and God’s sovereignty and discovering how he can turn bad things into good in your life if you’ll trust him and respond in the right way.Man, I mess this up a lot but I let the situation play out and I was made whole. I was grateful for that and I will pray for the guy that knowingly took what wasn’t his. Hope y’all had a great weekend! Peace,