Maureen Greaves talks of forgiveness in this amazing radio interview:
On Christmas Eve, her husband Alan was murdered by two young
men. Here she tells of her forgiveness towards them:
“I see them as two people who have done a terrible evil…..
but they are made in God’s image and were living a life they were never meant
to live.”
“I place them into God’s hands….. forgiveness is a strong
commandment.”
“It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done…. To place
them into God’s hands, so I don’t have to hate them or have any unforgiveness
of them.”
“If Alan could have spoken to me for the last time, he would
have said ‘forgive them…. Don’t give yourself permission to act like that
[unforgiving]’”
“Every time I go past the spot of the murder, I pray for
someone. And on Christmas Eve I will mourn Alan and pray for his attackers.”
“We [the family] don’t want to live in a grief that traps us….
I will live.”