Empty Seats

One hundred years ago yesterday, the "unsinkable" ship sank. Around midnight, the Titanic scraped up against an iceberg, shredding the side of the ship. The passengers didn't worry. They had no reason to. The ship was unsinkable; they had been guaranteed. Thirty minutes later, they weren't so sure. The ship was slowly dipping lower into the water, especially on one end. They began to panic and soon found out that the ship was sinking, and the crew had known for an hour. Those who believed it began storming the deck, fighting to get into one of the few lifeboats that were being lowered, half full, into the water. Many people were forced to stay on the ship until its last seconds above the icy water below. Are those people, as they stand on the deck of the boat with the water rushing around their feet watching the upper class ride to safety, required, or even capable of forgivness. Where is the line drawn? The Bible says to always forgive, but one who watched half filled life boats coast over the horizon before they were drawn into their icy death, would they be able to forgive any one of them? When thinking about forgivness, it is easy to say 'yes, one must always forgive' but when placed in context, its not really that easy. In this situation, forgivness would have definately been hard, maybe impossible. As one sinks beneath the water, loosing feeling in their extremities and feeling their heartbeats slow, seeing many seats in the lifeboats, each a way they could have survived, float away in the distance, forgivness, should be, but might not be an option.