i don't expect you to understand
how these memories haunt my mind A sermon from Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus They say time heals all wounds . But I’m not so sure. Yes, a little time can lend you some courage and perspective. But time can also hinder healing. Can’t it? Time can fester old wounds. Petrify them. If we’re being honest, it’s our past sins that have the most bite . It’s not those recent things I’ve done and left undone that give me the most pause . No , it’s the unkind word spoken long ago that’s echoes loudest . It’s the former act of petty retribution that no longer seems so insignificant. It’s nursed grudges that prove hardest to forgive. William Faulkner, a man who knew a thing or two about checkered histories, once said, “The past is never dead. It's not even past.” He understood what sins are most difficult to get over. On internship, my supervisory pastor opined that when she says “God loves you,” everyone thinks she talking about someone else . “When I say that,” she sa...
