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Their uninterrupted, continual, and severe, abject failures absolutely must be a cloak of greatest weight from which they, and their fellow travelers, cannot escape the burden thereof; mere “casting out” from successful society must never be the sanctuary of relief they crave, the many examples of their failures must be the constant, painful reminders of placing any amount of trust in their beliefs, to them and especially and foremost, to us.
“Remember the Alamo” is still heard in Texas; “Never forget what Liberals did to us” must persist at least as long.
Francisco
August 17, 2026
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Q: Who says you should not carry a grudge?
A: Those who intend to injure you again.
You shouldn’t hold a grudge because it is corrosive to your soul and mental health. It’s an emotional dysregulation that will interfere with reason. Similar to hate, frequently described as a state of not being able to think clearly. (Also, ahem… love.)
Doesn’t mean you can’t soberly and calmly engage in a little pattern recognition and take reasonable and prudent anticipatory, active and reactive measures accordingly.
People that only function emotionally will call that a grudge (or hate) because they are not capable of conceiving it any other way. Don’t begrudge them; you would think poorly of someone without legs for not helping you move house, would you?
Indeed! Christians are commanded to forgive, and thus should forgive freely, but forgiveness doesn’t require us to trust — trust has to be earned. And sometimes the betrayal is bad enough, it may be difficult to impossible to earn that trust back.
Forgive your enemies. Those who have slighted -you-, personally. The guy who cut you off in traffic. The slow and careless waiter. The bully who for some reason had it in for you. Even the one-time drunk driver who totaled your car. It’s a personal sort of pronoun.
It is not a call to forgive those who persistently and consistently are enemies of your tribe/people without remorse or repentance, and certainly not God’s enemies, those people He has called you turn your back on. You can welcome the sinner into the church if they are repentant, you don’t just forgive them so they can keep on doing it and harming themselves and/or others, which is the same as condoning the sin.
Important difference.
No, even if they keep doing it, a Christian should forgive them.
But “forgiveness” is not the same as “assuming they won’t do it anymore”. You can be wise to the behaviour even after you have forgiven.
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