{"id":497,"date":"2014-03-31T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warrenmyers.com\/blog\/?p=497"},"modified":"2014-03-31T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:36:01","slug":"i-apologize-for-having-been-a-grudge-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"I apologize for having been a “grudge bear”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.” {Leviticus 19:18<\/a>}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many years ago, shortly after the church I grew up in ordained 5th pastor (who made 3 current when it happened), there was a sermon he brought from the above passage. It was entitled, “Don’t Be A Grudge Bear”.<\/p>\n

I’ve prided myself ever since for just “letting it go”, and not carrying any ill will or grudges towards any brothers or sisters in Christ.<\/p>\n

After seeing a shared post<\/a> in a Facebook group I belong to recently, I had brought straight to mind how I have done precisely what God commanded the Israelites to\u00a0NOT<\/em><\/strong> do in Leviticus 19:18.<\/p>\n

Without going into the history, because it truly does not matter for the purposes of this post, I want to publicly apologize for holding several brothers and sisters in Christ in low-to-no esteem for the past several years. Given the nature of the actions that led to me holding this grudge for the greater part of a decade, and not wanting to sound like I am bad-mouthing anyone in the process, I’ll merely keep the list of people I am apologizing to in initial form (if a couple, listed in the form of Mr first, Mrs second):<\/p>\n