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Laura Kasner's avatar

The first step toward reconciliation is the acknowledgment of wrong doing.

And it is up to us to give grace. God’s word tells us to forgive - seventy times seven.

It does not tell us to forget.

Excellent post Jenna. ❤️

Leslie Murphree's avatar

Love this Jenna. The Lord is working on my ♥️ because since evil Fauci & his fifths disease has brought up memories like this all happened yesterday. My sis is right. The Bible is our foundation. We don’t have to like it but it definitely can make our lives better if we choose to follow Gods word. Forgive not easy but asked of us. but forgetting the Lord does not mention. Forgiveness 70 times 7

Laura Kasner's avatar

“Fifths disease”. Awesome sarcasm Sissy! 😂🤣😂

Meddling Kid's avatar

Laura, let’s understand that this monumental call to forgiveness was directed at his brother “in Christ” as they were just talking about Church discipline escalation for sins among the believers. Then the following parable talks about forgiveness of debts among like slaves.

We are not talking about unbelievers or enemies, which in this case includes all of the government agents, media talking heads, democrats en masse, or morons on Facebook/bluesky/twattle who wished us dead.

CStone's avatar

Matthew 5:44-46

Yeshua said

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

Laura Kasner's avatar

Perfect scripture choice, CStone.

Meddling Kid's avatar

Love…yes.

Forgive…no.

“Forgive us our debts/trespasses as we forgive our debtors/those who trespass against us.”

Does God forgive the unrepentant?

Does God forgive the unbelievers?

Only perhaps in the Unitarian Universalist “church”, but not in any of the Bible versions that I’ve ever read.

If He did, then they would be sinless and go to Heaven, and the path would not just be wide, it would be impossible to fall off of.

I feel that I’m loving them by not relentlessly mocking them with the facts. If anything, I’m doing the loving thing by not withholding the truth from them so they might one day open their eyes and see like Stephen Smith did.

If He doesn’t forgive without repentance, neither am I called to do so.

CStone's avatar
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He did forgive us on the cross.

“While we were yet in sin, Yeshua died for the ungodly.”

He forgave us before we knew we even needed it.

Also. In order to be forgiven, according to the verse you posted, we must FIRST, forgive

Amy's avatar

CStone couldn't have said it better.

We are called to live in a posture of forgiveness.

It is not easy. But it is the way of Jesus.

Forgiveness does not equal forgetting. It does not negate consequences. It does allow us to let God have the final judgement. And it frees us from the load of chronic anger and resentment.

Lori's avatar

Indeed Laura. I have to think long and hard where I stand on this. I will never forget but I am not yet sure I am mature enough in my Christian journey to yet forgive. I am trying but tis a very hard pill to swallow especially when you do not see any other well known person doing what Smith did.

Laura Kasner's avatar

It is a journey Lori. And our flesh wins out often. Pray that your heart is not hardened. And I will too. 😘❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Lori's avatar

Most definitely!

DJL's avatar

I’m still waiting for people to apologize to me for their bad behavior simply because I was trying to point out the obvious lies, inconsistencies, and crimes against humanity. But you know, ….pride. I’ll be waiting a while I guess

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

Believe me, same. A former colleague told me that when I got Covid, she prayed that I would die at home and not take a hospital bed from someone who had “done the right thing.“ I fantasize about that apology probably more than is healthy.

DJL's avatar

Unbelievable. Who wishes that upon anyone. The world lost its mind. My sister-in-law attacked me and said some really hateful things. But the only reason she apologized is because my husband, her brother, told her if she didn’t that she would never see him or his children ever again. So she didn’t actually apologize because she knew she was wrong because she knew what she had said to me was the most hateful of things. She just apologized because my husband told her too.

Laura Kasner's avatar

I have a very similar story DJL.

Giving her grace has been very difficult for me.

But I am grateful for these challenges. They make us better people.

KatWarrior's avatar

I have a story which I wish I could forget, but that is and has been impossible. It involves my mum and it’s awful to even think about it today, but I have to live with it for the rest of my life.

The details are horrific, and all due to my decision to not take the poison bioweapon. Mum passed (was euthanized) September 8, 2022 in a Canadian hospital. We hadn’t spoken one word to each other since mid-October 2021.

The ramifications of the plandemic were and are catastrophic. Obviously, I don’t need to list them out for any of you!

Moral of the story:

1. I have never, ever regretted my decision.

2. In my heart, I have forgiven mum because she drank the entire party jugs of kool-aid. All 25 of them!

3. What I struggle with to this day is the hate and sheer vitriol that was spewed at me.

4. Forbearance is necessary for me to move on with my life, so I forgive, but I don’t forget.

God asks us to forgive those who have wronged us, but He never asks that we forget. That would be a very unwise decision.

KatWarrior's avatar

I have to always remember that my awakening was just a few years ago, and it was an avalanche of truth at the time. BUT, my journey hasn’t stopped since the flood gates opened!

Mr. Smith may be beginning his journey. Who knows?

Invite those who at least admit they were wrong. We don’t know the outcome, but we won’t if the invitation isn’t given!

David Nelson's avatar

Yes! Kat! It is important for each of us to remember that WE WERE NOT BORN FULL-FLEDGED WISE MEN--we too had to have our 'moments' of understanding. Let us then have patience as well to suffer others to come to theirs. (Not 85-yr-old Fauci of course: enough's enough.)

Gwyneth's avatar

This begs the question of if someone had "done the right thing", why would they need a hospital bed?

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

🎯🎯🎯

Maria's avatar

That is incredible! People behaved so badly! The irony is that if you caught covid you were much safer in your bed than the hospital.

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Maria, exactly right. It was the hospital protocols including Fauci’s Remdesivir (Run-death-is-near) drug that was in those protocols. I know of at least 4 people who died once they entered the hospital for Covid.

Marlene Swann's avatar

OmGOSH, Jenna! Your friend is truly the definition of self righteousness, right there! I do not blame you for the fantasy one bit!

Tim Pallies's avatar

Surely this colleague would not deny you a ventilator and Remdesivir!

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

Based on some of the other names she called me and atrocities she accused me of, she most certainly would have. Mind you, my sin at the time was sharing VAERS data and telling people where they could buy ivermectin directly from India.🤦‍♀️

Laura Kasner's avatar

One gift (and there were many) from the plandemic is it told us who our true friends were (wheat from the chaff).

My fave prose from MLK, Jr.:

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" i

Augusto F. Menezes's avatar

...and if i may jump in here, it's this friend thing that got me most. Although all my rationalizations for feeling the following happened in my head, i still believe the logic mostly sound. My friend from high school, admittedly a best friend, just rejected outright my warnings. Basically i accuse him of trusting the state and not giving the person he knew his whole life, a person who was always eating right and taking supplements and avoiding standard medical care for almost as many decades as we knew each other. It made me wonder whether he knew me at all. Questioning the medical system was my thing ever since i got rid of my asthma. I proceeded to write a litany over text and explained pretty clearly that i would only respond to a direct reference to the topic between us. I have not responded to a single outreach since because he's never been able to approach the topic of vaccines. Frankly, when he reacted as he did, i felt like he was just another of the billions of people with whom i would have to watch what i could say, like i had to stay in the closet and not speak my mind, and that didn't feel like a friend. I do try to think back to times and things and ideas we shared, but still i feel no compulsion to speak with him. We need to find our people. We need to build local gatherings of this control group and meet our real, battle hardened friends

Laura Kasner's avatar

Thank you for sharing your story Augusto.

I found it impossible to continue relationships with friends where the most important issue in my life could not be discussed. The authenticity was gone. I had to relinquish those relationships. I will forever grieve the loss.

God led me to my people. I am so very grateful.

Janine Melnitz's avatar

Your former colleague is evil. The likelihood of an apology is probably zero. I remember having bad thoughts about old boyfriends and hoping they would have terminal diarrhea but I would never wish them to be dead. That is pathological.

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

My last comment before she blocked me was something like, “Wow. I’m trying to share life-saving information and you are wishing death on me. Thanks for showing me who you are.”

Temcol's avatar

Wow that is the most evil and hateful thing I have heard so far. You are not colleagues now are you? This is the type of person I would cut out of my life permanently. My coworker admitted how wise I was not to get the shot now that she has long COVID. It was satisfying but I feel badly for her that she was convinced she needed it.

Jeff Lebowski's avatar

Creeps like this do us a favor, tho, by revealing their true selves. A greatly reduced social circle is not necessarily a bad thing.

Russell Schierling's avatar

As a sports ball guy (your word, Jenna, to describe your hubby), I am more than aware of SAS. His entire professional persona is built on controversy and polemic. He is a sharp guy who can be the world's biggest ass. I really do appreciate his apology.

However....

Apologizing to a guy worth 9 figures is sort of (insert whatever word you choose here_______________________). I would feel better if SAS apologized to the myriads of people who were either forced to vaccinate or quit jobs or be fired. These were the work-a-day Joes and Jolenes who went thru an honest-to-goodness shit-wringer, and were right all along. But no one of consequence has told them that or apologized to them.

I personally know MANY, one of whom, a nurse, was FORCED to vaccinate while actually recovering from her third round of COVID. Who could even guess what the long-term consequences are, but short-term is that she is only now getting her smell and taste back, which happened immediately post-vax.

I could really get myself worked into a lather right now, but I have to go see patients. So, in the words of the immortal Forrest Gump, "that's all I have to say about that."

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Russell, well said. Smith was hollering about Kamala in 2024 (just like Bill Maher and Carville are now hollering about the Dems going communist)…..yet all 3 still hate President Trump, MAGA, and will vote Democrat anyway despite their public commentary. 😏

The Inmate's avatar

I'm fine with sincere apologies. I'm fine with forgiveness. But mercy and grace do not necessarily mean there are no consequences. There should be consequences for millions worldwide who fired people, destroyed businesses that took a lifetime to establish and who called for the jailing, ridicule and 2nd class status of the unvaccinated.

There must be severe consequences for those responsible for the adverse events and deaths of millions who got vaccinated regardless of sincere, heartfelt apologies. Accept the apology, but never forget and honor those who refused to submit, not with words, but actions so severe this bullshit never happens again.

Unfortunately...I don't expect that to happen.

Lori's avatar

BOOM! Drop the mic.

Vee's avatar

Thanks for sharing Stephen's story, Jenna. Like you, we don't watch TV and we definitely don't watch sportsball, so this was no where in my radar.

It's great to see someone with this much influence issue a public apology, but it's hard no to question whether it's truly authentic or if he's just going where the crowd will eventually go based on objective reality. A public apology is certainly better than nothing, but given how much vitriol he shouted when it really mattered, I'd like to see him to continue raising awareness about the fraud that was covid and donate a couple hundred, if not thousands of dollars to the vaccine injured.

If he is truly genuine about his apology and his new awakening, we should see his righteous anger towards being scammed and injected turn into something even more powerful to fight against the system that continues to enslave humanity. We shall see!

Justin's avatar
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Mr Smith could have said nothing and gone on in his life, with nary a person remembering.

But one person that was haunted by his words was himself, and you have to give kudos to a man who uses the same megaphone to admit he was wrong.

Yes, Fauci's testimony tipped him over the edge. Maybe it was the association with a fraudster that did it, but I'm willing to bet it was his conscience, and seeing things around him (health, data, etc) that was there before.

I applaud his courage. I hope he'll work to restoring the lost wages of his victim, but he publicly stated that he was wrong, and shared his admiration that Kyrie was indeed brave for standing up to tremendous pressure and losing significant money.

Anger won't bring people back. Accountability will go a long way to righting this ship of wrongs.

But this is a good start on the path to healing.

Marlene Swann's avatar

Same! I heard nothing about this anywhere till today! And, let’s not expect too much, now that the tide is turning, it has to start somewhere. And THEN - as Childers calls it - THE RECKONING! (But the point about each of us extending a little grace - well stated.)

Someone else's avatar

Totally agree that it would be appropriate and far more meaningful if he makes a large donation to the orgs that are doing the most to help the vaccine and gene therapy injured, as well as to the MDs who lost their licenses because of their efforts to warn the public about the deadly mRNA injections and other covid policies.

Someone else's avatar

For a list of the MDs, and orgs that help the injection injured, he could consult with Dr Peter McCullough, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, Dr. Simone Gold, Dr Tess Lawrie, Steve Kirsch, Senator Ron Johnson, HHS Secretary Kennedy, Dr. James Thorpe, and Dr. Lapado, just to name a few of those who best demonstrate what "doing better" looks like.

Judith's avatar

I watched his apology, he was genuine.

Jpeach's avatar

Stephen Smith is just a loud barking mini dog (and I’m a sports guy). I want apologies and accountability from doctors and healthcare experts. These are the pathetic, greedy, egomaniacs who convinced normal people to take the Vax and keep getting boosted. How many millions did these “doctors” kill or injure?

Maria's avatar

Yes. I’d like an apology. Two of my daughters were expecting during Covid. Their doctors screamed in their faces because they wouldn’t take an experimental vaccine while pregnant. To this day I would love to have a little conversation with those jerks. I guess the doctors were upset about losing a bonus.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

People put doctors on such a pedestal! In reality they are sheep in an industry that cares not about your health, but about their ego and the financial bottom line.

Jpeach's avatar

My daughter n law suffered two miscarriages. Still clueless that the Vax may have caused it. Fortunately, a few years later she gave birth to a healthy baby.

Jennifer L.'s avatar

Jpeach, Dr. Annette Boz of YouTube fame is one that told her hundreds of thousands of followers along with her actual patients to get the jabs (as well as all the other vaxxes out there). She is known for her teaching people to live the keto diet lifestyle yet still pushed the mRNA poison. When reports started coming out she did an apology video but to this day I no longer watch her videos or trust her opinion on anything.

Joe's avatar

I am absolutely shocked. I listen to espn in the background most work days and have argued under my breath with Steven A for years. I've called him every derogatory name in the book as he vomited nonsense from his scripted narrative.

Given what I know about espn and their absolutely woke culture I'm thrilled they have to deal with one of their most popular characters swimming upstream.

Unfortunately, I've been out of town the last few days and have not had an opportunity to hear, If or how, they've responded. Bottom line is it's good to see someone who leans left, actually dig into the details enough to realize that maybe he was simply wrong.God what a refreshing thought.

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

That’s my hubby, y’all. ⬆️💘

David Baldwin's avatar

I won't hold my breath for anyone else to apologise. For example, my wife will never admit that all the vaccines she has taken, especially the covid ones, were ineffective and dangerous. She was a nurse and doctors in white coats do not make mistakes! And "How could the government make such a blunder"

The best we (the unvaxed) can do is wait until hell freezes over, then, we MIGHT hear an apology from a few people. Again, don't hold your breath.

Curtis's avatar

My close friend is a CNA who refused to listen until the third time she got C19. In desperation, she was willing to try my horse paste. The next morning she felt so much better that she became a believer, and lost all faith in the "Healthcare" system. After fighting numerous parasitic infections over the last year, and not being taken seriously by doctors, she's become a total apostate.

Penny North's avatar

The proof was in the pudding!

FREED0ML0VER's avatar

I agree 100%. Public figures should be encouraged to step up and say, "I was wrong and I'm sorry." I hope he's the first of many to do so.

Laura Cornwell's avatar

What does that country song say? We can forgive but we ain’t never gonna forget. Forgiveness doesn’t come with amnesia and if we act like it does, it’ll just happen all over again. I’m not for holding a grudge, but I am for holding out for accountability and until all those who have been damaged by the vaxx get help, let’s not take our eyes off the ball.

Roberta Stack's avatar

I’ll take his apology. It’s a start. I’ve seen him several times on different shows and podcasts. He speaks his mind freely, so I believe his apology is sincere. There are so many people that I’d love to see apologize, but I’m not holding my breath.

Meddling Kid's avatar

What we want, in one word, is justice.

What we owe to those who are TRULY remorseful, is grace.

Fauci has yet to show even an iota of turning toward remorse. He gets no grace.

Steven Smith will get my grace, but he still gets held at arms length. Trust is built.

Jeff Schreiber's avatar

It is sort of entertaining to watch the responses all over the place. Some like Smith are encouraging but then you see the Lunatic Left doubling down and standing up in unison to defend their beloved little medical saint (worm).

Brainwashing, especially the kind the Mockingbird media has perfected is a very hard nut to crack because it builds a fortress around the victim so they refuse to accept any contrary conclusions no matter how obvious. In order to protect themselves they go on Facebook or even better Blue Sky and cry about how Trump’s Nazi squad of senators are disgracing the work and reputation of the greatest medical leader this country ever knew. After all, he saved us from the pandemic - and from Trump. This is how they view everything.

Publicus's avatar

Yes, but you left out justice. The dead, dying, and harmed must have justice. Let’s not forget that the SARS COV-2 mRNA gene therapy isn’t just an experimental product with no long term study, it is a PLATFORM technology.

It is a PLATFORM technology that remains on the market and on the childhood vaccine schedule for babies as young as six months.

We also have not yet got to the bottom if the fertility damage (menstrual cycles, miscarriages, stillbirths, etc) or turbo cancers.

It is important that Smith used his platform to inform the indifferent mush in the middle. But my energy remains focussed on the victims of this crime, not the abettors.

BTW, Kyrie played at Duke. He was portrayed as lacking leadership. Never forget the Duke rape lacrosse hoax. The revered coach Mike Krzyzewski (aka Coach K), who wrote a book on Leadership threw the lacrosse team under the bus through his silence.

Only the women's coach had the guts to ask that the brakes be tapped. Kyrie may not be aware of that as he played four years after the rape hoax, regardless he had the right stuff when lives were at risk (still are). God bless him.

Maybe that day of forgiveness will arrive for some, but it’s not today.

Kelly Reardon's avatar

YES!!! 100%

The COVID modified mRNA-LNP gene "therapy" transfection injections MUST be recalled and the injurious and potentially deadly mRNA-LNP genetic transfection platform MUST be banned.

The mRNA-LNP genetic transfection platform itself is irreparably flawed & inherently dangerous and the platform itself IS the primary problem.

The mechanism of action (using LNP-encased modified mRNA to transfect cells inside the body with instructions to turn one’s own cells into foreign non-self “spike protein factories”) IS the primary mechanism of harm.

This triggers a predictable immune system attack response, starting with the Killer T-Lymphocyte cells which will target & destroy one's formerly healthy CELLS, anywhere in the body, that have been transfected and are now expressing non-self proteins...starting a cascade of damage at the deepest biological/cellular level.

This immune response to one's own cells being instructed to express non-self proteins (ANY non-self protein) triggers autoimmune responses, & then T-cell exhaustion & immune system dysfunction & possible collapse, regardless of whether or not the foreign protein is toxic itself.

And EVERY single doctor or medical "professional" knew this (or should have known).

The COVID gene "therapy" shots never should have been injected into a single human being.

But, as you know, the danger is NOT limited to just getting more COVID “boosters”. ANY mRNA gene “therapy” product that transfects your cells & instructs those cells to produce non-self proteins (ANY non-self protein) will trigger an immune system attack response against your own cells & tissues.

This makes EVERY mRNA-based transfection product harmful by design. The PLATFORM is inherently dangerous and it MUST not be allowed to remain on the market.

Kelly Reardon's avatar

A new poem, written by my husband, Christian Naggiar:

Pleading the 5th

About once every century...

A sick kind of evil comes along...

This particular snake, Fauci...thinks he can do no wrong...

We can all see it in his face...he's not from God's human race...

He preys on the weak!...it is easy to tell...

This duplicitous little sneak...comes straight from Hell...

His sole purpose, to destroy humanity...

No accidents, no mistakes...beyond insanity...

The Left quickly embraced...one of their own...

He became the media's face...and THEY welcomed him into our home...

From the beginning WE knew...exactly what he was up to...

It was hard to miss...a piece of $hit such as this...

This media whore…always wanting more…

Now, he's pleading the 5th?!...

Refusing to speak!....this weaselly little puppet, looks lost and weak!!...

So I take solace in knowing one day...

He will reap what he sows...and will not get away...

His punishment? God only knows...

Because what I have in mind, I cannot say!...

Kelly Reardon's avatar

"The Fauci hearing made it impossible to sustain the illusion, and Smith—to his credit—acknowledged that fact."

My inner Jenna-inspired Pollyanna desperately needs this to be a turning point...

Lori's avatar

Your hubs is a pure gem Kelly!

Kelly Reardon's avatar

Thanks, Lori!

I think so, too!

:)

NewKid's avatar

I agree Jenna. We're not better than others if we can't forgive.

But, what I think about often is how will people behave during the next pandemic. I would like to be wrong & there not be a next time. However, if there is what percentage will have learned their lesson? I feel not enough people but again I would very much like to be wrong.