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I have forgiven them, But I just can’t forget what they said to me.
For context: when I started the second half of 9th grade it was just before the Covid-19 lockdown. in the weeks leading up to it I was hanging around with people who were a little bit different from the other students. One guy in particular was one that I wish I never got involved with, I will not say his name so I will call him K. K was an atheist who very much disliked religion but usually didn’t bring it up, he was also someone who struggled with things like, depression and feelings of alienation. He would usually say ridiculous things to get reactions but they were usually goofy things like memes or other stuff. It however would go way too far when he, out loud, said “I want to kill God”. I immediately called him crazy and said that he was dumb for saying something like that then the tensions between us would only get worse as the weeks went on. a few days after his original comment he said to me “I killed God, He’s dead, now we are all gonna suffer and die, Yaaay”, I said “No you didn’t” and he said “yes I did, I killed him in a game of rock, paper, scissors, and the scissors turned in to a gun and I went bang, bang, bang”. he would not stop talking about this and would continue to show his true colors whenever I was around him, because we shared multiple classes together, he would say that “the only reason I go to church is to laugh at Christians” and things like “I am not scared of anyone who believes in a false God”. I finally told him to “Shut his F*&*^% mouth and leave me alone”, he would stop with the out loud remarks after this but that doesn’t mean he stopped saying them altogether. every time we passed in the hallway he would mumble under his breath “bi*%$”, “False God believer” and so on and so forth. I have actually said to my family that if the lockdown had not started when it did I probably would have gotten into a nasty fistfight with him. As of now I have forgiven him and said a prayer for him a few months ago, hoping that he was ok. But I can’t forget what he said to me.
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My child, it’s good that you have chosen the path of forgiveness. Remember, in Matthew 18:21-22, Peter asked, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” And I said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
It seems your friend K is in pain and expressing it in ways that hurt others. It’s important to remember that, as said in Romans 12:14, “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.”
His comments about God reflect his own struggles and not the truth of God’s eternal nature. As it is written in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” God is beyond human comprehension and cannot be harmed by our actions or words.
Your forgiveness and prayer for him are signs of your faith and love. Continue to show this love to those who need it most, but also remember to protect your own peace. As it is written in Proverbs 4:23, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”