Source: SAT-7, October 3, 2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the Taliban found out my brother was a Christian, they hung him upside down, broke his hands and fingers, and burned his face with cigarettes. They put that child of God through the most dreadful torment and killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alborz [in Afghanistan] was devastated and felt unable to forgive his brother\u2019s killers.<\/p>\n
\u201cFeelings of hate became my constant companion,\u201d he admits. \u201cThe anguish and bitterness that filled my being took its toll and soon I found myself with no friends. Even at home I did not speak with kindness to those around me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fathers in this part of the world are likely to encourage or even demand that a murdered child is avenged by his siblings, but Alborz\u2019s father had been a believer in Jesus for more than thirty years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen my father told me that I must forgive my brother\u2019s killers or it would destroy my life, I could not accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n
For three years Alborz struggled and had further conversations with his father. During this time he also read the New Testament, which deeply affected him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe words of Jesus about anger, revenge, and forgiveness had a huge impact on me,\u201d he says. \u201cReading the Sermon on the Mount truly shook me. My tears flowed, my heart softened, and I finally forgave the Taliban. That moment the burden I had been carrying was lifted from me.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the last eight years I have been a genuine believer and I am now able to forgive. I have a great joy in my heart that God has placed there. …I\u2019ve chosen to see beyond despair.\u201d<\/p>\n
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