What a great story!
Posted on 05/17/2022 3:19:21 PM PDT by DFG
I’m glad you had a happy ending.
I wish I could have got to know my bio dad’s family. One of his nieces sent me some pix so I got to see what he, his mom and pop and siblings looked like.
You should still forgive.
The verses about honoring your mother and father are unconditional. They don't say "If they deserve it".
That’s an interesting story. Because of my father’s ancestry I was able to become a member of the DAR.
His last name was Davis.
One of the reasons I can’t forgive her is the man whom I thought was my dad was such a good and kind man...a WW2 Purple Heart Vet. He deserved better. He deserved respect.
On the other hand he was often brilliant and I don't think a more humble man would have done as well in Japan following WWII. Japan had a god-emperor once again to guide them. And, as a nation, that was what they needed at the time.
If I didn’t exist, I would know.
I’m surprised she didn’t abort me. She was a mean woman. I think she let me be born so she could use me as a tool to keep a husband.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4
If I told you what I had to witness between her and her many boyfriends (while she was married) I think you’d agree that I was provoked. And she told me that if I told my bio dad, she would kill me.
But the command to you, doesn't make any exception for her disobedience.
I don't doubt that you are justified in being provoked to wrath.
But your choice is clear.
Which person do you want to be?
Sorry, I meant to say if I told the guy who I thought was my dad, she would kill me. I was a kid and I believed her.
She’s dead. She died in 1987.
She was raised Pentecostal and could quote the Bible with ease. I hope she asked Christ to forgive her.
I’m currently watching unsolved mysteries and there are a lot of stories like this.
So she can’t do any more harm. Now it’s all about you and what you do with that.
It’s between her and God.
What a great story!
You weren't there; try to forgive. You can't possibly know the whole story. All sin and fall short of the glory of God.
Everybody thinks my ex is a wonderful, wonderful guy. They didn't have to live with him.
Great story.
Screwing around while you are married and then lying to your husband and your child is not what I’d call “best”.
People are human and err.
Very good story.
“The verses about honoring your mother and father are unconditional. They don’t say ‘If they deserve it’.”
Many parents who rely on those verses seem to forget, ”And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath” Ephesians 6:4
I “honored” my father in that I made sure he was safe and cared for in his old age. Still hate him, though, the abusive SOB. He died in 2008; maybe I’ll cry some day.
I can’t imagine that forgiveness in that situation is easy.
I had great parents. I’ll never live up to the examples they set. I’m like the guy who was given 10 talents and buried them.
So it’s just book knowledge, when I say, that “y’all need to forgive them”. But I don’t think it’s any less true. And it’s about the effect that withholding forgiveness has on you.
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