< 1 Nephi 7 >
v. 20 And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did down before me, and did plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me
Martin Luther King on forgiveness:
Here then is the Christian weapon against social evil. We are to go out with the spirt of forgiveness, heal the hurts, right the wrongs and change society with forgiveness. Of course we don’t think this is practical.This is the solution of the race problem.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.
Martin Luther King on forgiveness:
Here then is the Christian weapon against social evil. We are to go out with the spirt of forgiveness, heal the hurts, right the wrongs and change society with forgiveness. Of course we don’t think this is practical.This is the solution of the race problem.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.
v. 21 I did frankly forgive them
Forgiveness Flour by Margaret Stewart
When I went to the door, at the whisper of knocking,
I saw Simeon Gartner’s daughter, Kathleen, standing
There, in her shawl and her shame, sent to ask
“Forgiveness Flour” for her bread. “Forgiveness Flour,”
We call it in our corner. If one has erred, one
Is sent to ask for flour of his neighbors. If they loan it
To him, that means he can stay, but if they refuse, he had
Best take himself off. I looked at Kathleen…
What a jewel of a daughter, though not much like her
Father, more’s the pity. “I’ll give you flour, I
Said, and went to measure it. Measuring was the rub.
If I gave too much, neighbors would think I made sin Easy, but if I gave too little, they would label me
“Close”. While I stood measuring, Joel, my husband
Came in from the mill, a great bag of flour on his Shoulder, and seeing her there, shrinking in the
Doorway, he tossed the bag at her feet. “Here, take
All of it.” And so she had flour for many loaves,
While I stood measuring.
Forgiveness Flour by Margaret Stewart
When I went to the door, at the whisper of knocking,
I saw Simeon Gartner’s daughter, Kathleen, standing
There, in her shawl and her shame, sent to ask
“Forgiveness Flour” for her bread. “Forgiveness Flour,”
We call it in our corner. If one has erred, one
Is sent to ask for flour of his neighbors. If they loan it
To him, that means he can stay, but if they refuse, he had
Best take himself off. I looked at Kathleen…
What a jewel of a daughter, though not much like her
Father, more’s the pity. “I’ll give you flour, I
Said, and went to measure it. Measuring was the rub.
If I gave too much, neighbors would think I made sin Easy, but if I gave too little, they would label me
“Close”. While I stood measuring, Joel, my husband
Came in from the mill, a great bag of flour on his Shoulder, and seeing her there, shrinking in the
Doorway, he tossed the bag at her feet. “Here, take
All of it.” And so she had flour for many loaves,
While I stood measuring.