Forgiveness does not Subvert Justice

Take a centered breath. Breathing in 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6again Breathing in 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6and again Breathing in 1, 2, 3, 4 and out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Take a gentle moment and consider what salvation looks like in your life today. Ask yourself...What might salvation look like in your life today?Where must I ask for forgiveness? Where am I withholding it?What repair is mine to make? What expectation must I release to God?Now, let us speak this gentle invitation from Bishop Tutu:God forgives unconditionally. So can weThe thief on the cross still dies on his crossBut forgiveness will set his spirit free.And what of you and me, standing on the ground with our piles of hurts mounting so high?Will we die a thousand deaths before we die?Yearning for revenge, will we die of that thirst?Will the rage that fills us be the stake on which we burn?Will we stumble over every resistance placed in our way?Remain mired in the misery of it all?Or will we take the chance that we might break freeby following this path where it leadsPast the whys and lies about how it cannot be.Here is our chance to break free.