The Unforgiven
The statement and question appeared to be out of place within the page of text for the business management and entrepreneurial training class in which I am enrolled. The words seemed more fitting for a seminary curriculum as I read: "Write about one thing you have been unable to forgive someone for. Describe a time when you chose the path of 'unforgiveness'---something you have been unable to forgive someone else for. What were the consequences of choosing not to forgive in your life?" At first I struggled to find something in my past where I needed to forgive a perceived wrong against me. I didn't have such difficulty when it came to the wrongs I have committed against others in my past. That list is longer than I'd like and I am grateful for the forgiveness extended to me by others and our Lord, but back to the "un forgiveness" harbored deep within. There has been continuing oversight of feelings chained in the nether regions of heart and min...