When you are hurt, can you forgive? By Dr Simon Wong on 16th Dec 2018

In his message, Dr. Simon posed the following questions to the congregation. When you are hurt by your family members i.e. spouses, children or in laws can you forgive? When you are hurt at Church context, can you forgive one another? When you are abuse, can you forgive too? When you are hurt in an unimaginable scale of torture or killings can you forgive? So when you are hurt by all these, can you forgive? One can learn from what Paul shared with the Corinthians (2 Cor 2:7, 10).

In a sharing by Pastor Sokreasa, he shared of how his family members were tortured and killed in the past in front of his own eyes by those whose actions and motives were none other than to show their respect and loyalty to their superiors’ order. He gave thanks and praise to our Almighty God, for in His mercy he had been kept alive. He shared that there are so many reasons that locked him from learning to forgive which are because it was not fair to his family and refusal to let go of the hurt and so on. So shall he continue to live with anger, bitterness, hatred and depression because of all these? He realised and was convicted that there would be no freedom in life if he does not forgive. The following are what he shared that helped him to forgive his family’s killers because:
i) he needed to start life again
ii) he need to live his life to glorify God
iii) he wanted to pass on what he freely received, because God had forgiven his countless sins
iv) he had to imitate the Lord’s example.
v) he had to demonstrate God’s love towards his enemies.