I watched the new HBO movie tonight, Longford. I won't go into details or give it away for those who haven't seen it, but part of it focuses on one man's belief in redemption, and that everyone, no matter how evil, can be redeemed.
I am trying to understand this. I look at certain things people do, and sometimes I think, there can be no forgiveness. I myself have done things that are unforgiveable and that I believe have damned me.
But then I think of my children- there is literally nothing they could do that would make me not love them. So God's love for us is like that, right? Meaning that there is nothing that would make Him not love us?
But what about Hitler? What about child killers, rapists, sadists, etc. Can there truly be redemption for them?
Longford's thought was that if God can forgive them, who are we not to forgive them? I would like to believe for my own sake that redemption is possible if we are truly sorry. But I would also like to believe that people like Hitler are suffering for what they did. But then I think who am I to judge? Maybe by wishing suffering on them, I am inviting it to myself as well.
I love the thought of God loving us so much that nothing and no one is beyond redemption. How comforting to be secure in the knowledge of such absolute love.
How wonderful to be redeemed.
