Inheritance, Love and Forgiveness
At one of
our Faith Sharing Group discussions, the topic was about people’s experiences
during inheritance distribution in their families. Most of the time, tension
and discord are created among family members.
Even the most respected families can be divided simply by an inheritance
decision. Some families can be considered blessed when they do not have huge assets
to inherit and distribute because harmony in their families usually remain
intact.
My family
was also affected by this inheritance situation a few decades ago as my
grandparents on my father’s side had a huge sugar cane plantation with a sugar
processing plant on a few thousands of hectares of land. There were nine
children in their family. They all completed university degrees and built
rewarding careers. One of the four
brothers became a district judge. Later, they discovered that he sold the land
piece by piece by asking their aging and almost-totally-blind father to sign
documents allowing him to sell the land parcels.
By the time
the other brothers and sisters knew about it, there were only about nine
hectares left! Instead of being consumed
with anger and hate for the rest of his life, my Dad turned to his faith and made
it known to us that whatever his brother did, he still loved him and had
forgiven him. He took consolation by the
fact that we could not take the money with us to the grave. As the scripture says: “From dust you came, to
dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19)
Are you being affected by an inheritance issue in your family at the moment?
In communion,
Roslyn
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