Parable 77 - Parables by Robert Dean Steel

The visiting pastor had been away for a number of years.  He was approached by a woman who had attended the church he had pastored years before.  After a few minutes of small talk she began to relate a tale of woe and hurt.  He was sympathetic and attentive to her account.  He then asked her when these series of events had happened.  To his surprise he found out that these events had happened many years before. The reality was that this lady had never forgiven or forgotten the people or circumstances involved.  Unless a person is willing to forgive and forget the past, it will become their present reality and view of life.