Forgiving Enemies...

nunn

Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked,

"How many of you have forgiven your enemies?"

80% held up their hands. The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one man, Walter Barnes.

"Mr. Barnes, are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any," he replied gruffly.

"Mr. Barnes, that is very unusual. How old are you?"

"Ninety-eight," he replied. The congregation stood up and clapped their hands.

"Oh, Mr. Barnes, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world?"

The old man tottered down the aisle, stopped in front of the pulpit, turned around, faced the congregation, and said simply...

"I outlived them all" - and he calmly returned to his seat.

jimdeere

The best revenge...

spasmcreeksrun

2 i will not forgive......................ever

kimi

I've had to grandfather some.

Smitty500mag

I have one that's praying I never get a terminal illness. 

mogley98

I can't say as I have any enemies, a few may not care for me but I'm not aware of any that would wish me dead, that said I have forgiven all the transgression of all of you LOL

Grasshopper

Got one that I never will, don't care if I am right or wrong on "forgiving." wWll hopefully pay him a visit at the funeral before me.

gruntled2

I can think of several funerals I would like to attend.

mohawk600

I have a few grudges............I try not to dwell on them. They too, shall pass without my input or reaction. 

nemesisenforcer

This was my grandma 

chiefr

You can use the same analogy for friends as well.
Grandma outlived all her friends. Zero at the funeral, only family members.   

nunn

I reckon that's true.  I have noticed that the older a person is when they die, the smaller the funeral, with a few exceptions.

kannoneer

My mom made it to 90. Sometimes she would read the obituaries and say "Well, there goes another one. My old friends are dying off a whole lot faster than I'm making new ones!".
Sure enough, she had a pretty small funeral. A lot of canes, walkers and oxygen tanks used by the folks who did make it.

bustedknee

I do not desire to kill anyone.

However, If my phone should ring and it's old Father Time calling and he says he needs to collect a few souls -- I have a short list I will give him.

4205raymond

I have but two enemies on this earth. 1. Jane Fonda. I will leave it to my friends to water her grass. 2. King Cuomo. I place a thousand curses on his miserable soul. He is a Tyrant and he tramples on the Rule of Law. Everyone else, I love you all.-----------------------------Ray