This week is a significant week for Australia with a loud audible voice expressing SORRY to a stolen generation of indigenous people and thos SORRY echoing across this great land. I woke to watch and listen to this significant and historic moment. The Sorry day will not fix the past, this day will not change the people still affected by the result of being stolen from their families. It is but the start of a journey of reconciliation towards unity and acceptance, to live in harmony with each other accepting each others differences and celebrating our similarities. I believe we are on the first step of this journey. Just like it is with our father God we are on a journey of reconciliation with Him to become united with Him. Just as with God we need to ask forgiveness and sorry for the wrongs of our life. We also as a nation need to apologise and repent and to say sorry for our wrongs. I remember my father use to say that we need to say sorry sometimes even though we weren't at fault because only then can reconciliation start to occur. Today is one of those days. I applaud the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the government for taking this strong yet courage's discission.
Saying sorry is never easy and always comes at a cost, but in the end we will be a better nation because of it.
I believe this type of response that had to come about because of a divided and damaged relationship is in parallel to what drove God to inspire people to bring about what we now call the holy bible. He inspired the bible so that we can be reconciled back to him and because of that this sorry day is significant.
Today I echo this same response.
I'M SORRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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