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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