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<blockquote data-quote="Glass*Soul" data-source="post: 68027805" data-attributes="member: 111155"><p>We've been hearing a lot of talk about forgiveness, but not so much about repentance. Repentance is much more than stopping what you're doing and saying you're sorry. It also involves a certain humility. One can never quite shake the dust out of one's clothing and move on as if nothing has happened. You carry the knowledge of what you've done with you, but hopefully in a way that makes you more empathetic, gentle, and nuanced in your own thinking. More merciful. More self aware. </p><p></p><p>The problem with having a beam in your own eye isn't so much that it blinds you, but that you tend to see it reflected in the eyes of others. The splinter you keep trying to take out of your brother's eye isn't really there. It's a projection of your own unresolved guilt. You're hurting your brother and yourself every time you pick at it. </p><p></p><p>I think Josh did the right thing to resign his position, not so much because he's been found out and publicly shamed, but because it wasn't the right place for him. Never was. I hope this is an opportunity for him to find a new level of repentance, as an adult and with an adult's understanding of his own short-comings and how they should inform his interactions with others. Building houses or something similar probably <em>is</em> good therapy. Build houses, figuratively take some time in the wilderness, and leave the public alone for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glass*Soul, post: 68027805, member: 111155"] We've been hearing a lot of talk about forgiveness, but not so much about repentance. Repentance is much more than stopping what you're doing and saying you're sorry. It also involves a certain humility. One can never quite shake the dust out of one's clothing and move on as if nothing has happened. You carry the knowledge of what you've done with you, but hopefully in a way that makes you more empathetic, gentle, and nuanced in your own thinking. More merciful. More self aware. The problem with having a beam in your own eye isn't so much that it blinds you, but that you tend to see it reflected in the eyes of others. The splinter you keep trying to take out of your brother's eye isn't really there. It's a projection of your own unresolved guilt. You're hurting your brother and yourself every time you pick at it. I think Josh did the right thing to resign his position, not so much because he's been found out and publicly shamed, but because it wasn't the right place for him. Never was. I hope this is an opportunity for him to find a new level of repentance, as an adult and with an adult's understanding of his own short-comings and how they should inform his interactions with others. Building houses or something similar probably [I]is[/I] good therapy. Build houses, figuratively take some time in the wilderness, and leave the public alone for now. [/QUOTE]
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