Inspiration
Forgiveness Fitness
by DiAnne Malone
T
he intensity of any workout depends
on how much weight you have to lose.
If you have a few pre-party pounds
to drop to get in that cute little black dress
you bought, a detox, some cutting back and a
10-minute bump up in your work-out routine
will do you just right. BUT…
If you have like 30, 40, 50, 100 pounds
to get off, that’s going to take time and intensity. (WARNING–CLICHE): No pain. No gain.
I’ve learned to think about forgiveness
in this way. The intensity of the offense, usually dictates the time and process for forgiveness. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am NOT
saying to deliberately take longer to forgive, if
the offender has done the most! The decision
to forgive should be swift; however, the PRO40 HimPower April 2016
CESS of forgiveness is a whole ‘notha animal.
When first asked the question of how
to forgive, I can truly say, I didn’t have an
answer. Immediately though, because the
ministry was needed so suddenly, God gave
me the perfect example of how the process of
forgiveness should go. True forgiveness is like
a good workout.
When I make up my mind to work out
to drop the extra weight, I know how I will
approach it. Once the decision is made, I go
hard! I overdo it. My body has a hard time
catching up. In an effort to outdo my husband on a fitness challenge a couple of years
ago, I worked so hard in one session, I threw
up all over the place. The struggle, even then,
was real. To follow that intense work out was