Nobody is Entitled to Entitlement
Entitlement conveys an agenda where only one, or only those who are important to one, matter.
Steve Wickham is a Kingdom Winds Contributor. He holds several roles, including husband, father, peacemaker championing peacemaking for children and adults, conflict coach and mediator, church pastor, counselor, funeral celebrant, chaplain, mentor, and Board Secretary. He holds degrees in Science, Divinity (2), and Counselling. Steve is also a Christian minister serving CyberSpace i.e. here.
Entitlement conveys an agenda where only one, or only those who are important to one, matter.
As we give away the deeper connection of our empathy, we give others access to the power of God.
Blessing comes in no better, nor more pungent form, than through forgiveness.
To overcome the temptation to react, we must maintain humility of heart.
Hope becomes tangible through encouragement; through putting courage in.
True love subsists in risking everything for righteousness, simply because it is the right thing to do.
Forgiveness is at the heart of peace because forgiveness itself is at the heart of healing.
The way back to peace is to forgive while remembering and honoring how and why we extended such grace.
There are no two ways about the fact that forgiveness is the way to LIFE.
This life through death is never more poignantly lived than through the death to self of extending mercy toward someone who does not deserve it.
