The Way of the Warrior by Erwin Raphael McManus

Author:Erwin Raphael McManus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2019-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

No-Fault Policy

Sometimes we feel paralyzed by a past we didn’t choose. We find ourselves broken and even traumatized by things that happened to us and not because of us. I have known way too many people who were carrying the weight of their pasts while trying to walk into new futures. From actions of neglect and abuse, violence and addiction, abandonment and mistreatment, there are many legitimate reasons people struggle to re-create themselves. We bear so many wounds that seem to make healing elusive.

I would never discount the devastating effects of wounds not bought but given. You had no choice about where you were born or to what family you were born into. I completely understand why so many people carry not only wounds but bitterness like a noose around the neck. It is not easy to convince someone to forgive when there is no contrition from the offender. It may be one of the most difficult things in this world to let go of bitterness when it has been the only dam holding back the tears.

Taking responsibility when something is your fault makes perfect sense, but it’s a tough pill to swallow that you need to take ownership over your circumstances even when they’re not your fault. Here is the hard reality: even if it’s not your fault, it’s still your responsibility.

Though the wounding wasn’t your fault, the healing is your responsibility.

Though your past may not be your fault, your future is your responsibility.

Though their choices were not your fault, your choices are your responsibility.

Don’t let those who are at fault keep their hold on your life by relinquishing your power to change and to be free of them. Bitterness is how your soul lets you know they still have power over you. Hatred traps the poison inside you. Only love and forgiveness allow you the power to move forward.

Anger is not your strength; intention is. Every person you have not forgiven, everything in the past that holds you, has stolen a part of who you are. One of the greatest battles of the warrior is to reclaim the territories of the soul.

We are reminded by Paul that we have been bought with a price and within us there is great treasure. The servant who buried the talent thought it was enough to say to the master, “I hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.”67 He had convinced himself that all he was responsible for was what had been handed to him. The truth is that we are responsible for far more than what we have been given; we are responsible for what could have been done with all that we have been entrusted with.

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