Friday!

Proverbs!

Let a man weighed down with anyone's blood flee to a pit; 

give him no support.

Proverbs 28:17 CJB

Wow.

Not sure if this proverb is about a literal pit, or something more metaphorical.

When we look at Jesus story you can't say that becuase someone has taken another person's life, harmed someone else, that they should be cut loose from society.

So what does it mean?

Perhaps it means that the person who has harmed another should be allowed to feel, to experience, the gravity, the weight, the impact on others of their actions and choices. 

They should feel bad. 

Because out of that place comes remorse, sorrow, apology, restitution and perhaps a path towards forgiveness. 

Perhaps this proverb is asking me, where I have caused harm, to face it, to own what I've done, to let that sit with me, so that I understand in some way how much harm I've caused. 

Only then is there a genuine way forward.

What do you think?

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