The Hard Good

Forgiveness is perhaps the greatest exercise of self-death a human will ever face. To open or reopen hearts that have been broken by injustice, to offer to another grace and love without their being worthy of it, is to deny our very flesh. When we forgive, we make ourselves vulnerable. We take a risk that the person will hurt us again…that we will feel like we let someone off the hook when they should still be paying a price…