Adding insult to injury… Sort of

The bad effects that people can have on you I believe can fall quickly into two categories… They can either injure you or they can irritate you.

Anybody is capable of inflicting one of these two on you and will do so. It doesn't matter if it's a friend or family, a coworker, a stranger… all can inflict one of these two categories upon you.

It's no fun but hey, this is what life on planet earth looks like.

First, this does not need to surprise us or freak us out or make us run screaming into the night. It is the nature of our fallen world.

Second, we have to walk in radical forgiveness on a daily basis. It is the only way to keep our hearts unpolluted.

If you choose to hold a persistent grudge against someone because they have either injured you or irritated you, it is to your profound detriment.

Live in this world in an understanding way… Lead with forgiveness.