Forgiveness

To truly forgive someone is one of the hardest things ever!!! I have said I forgive u to someone many times but have not truly meant it... I think the single most important thing we can cling to when we are hurt, belittled, betrayed and let down is that Jesus died on the cross to forgive us of our sins...So we must forgive others.... Holding a grudge only causes us to hold on to the memory, of when we were hurt and then continuously replay it over and over n our heads...

. We are saved by grace and all we have to do is be willing to put our fleshy desires aside and let God lead us where he wants us to go... Jesus didn't have to sacrifice himself on the cross so that we would be forgiven, but he did it because he loves us so much... I have been hurt many, many times by past boyfriends and so called friends...But since I have been saved I think about forgiveness in a completely different light.

.. How can we say we are a believer in Jesus Christ if we aren't daily striving to be more like him???  I believe when someone has hurt us, and we choose to forgive them we are extending the same kind of love to them as God gives to us... It damages our witness to the unsaved when they hear we have chosen to not forgive someone.

...I myself have found that being a believer is not easy. Dying to your old self and trusting and having faith that God knows our needs even before we know our own is what it is all about.. He must be our guiding light when we our ships at seas not knowing what exactly lie ahead of us... I think forgiving someone is just as much for ourselves as it is for them... We are letting go of the bitterness and resentment and once again able to experience peace in our hearts and our minds...

We are releasing that burden and giving it over to God... Saying God this person has really hurt me and I am having a hard time forgiving them. I pray that would release the stronghold that is keeping me from trusting you...  You forgave me and I did not deserve it so why am I not willing to let go of my pride and in return forgive them...... Once someone hurts u, you tend to be more cautious around them and others, but in time u can learn to love and trust again...

Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times? Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven! Matthew 18: 21-22

Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity and guilt and cleanse me and make me wholly pure from my sin! Psalm 51: 2

 
 

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends. Proverbs 17: 9

For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6: 14