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With all that I have been through it would be so easy to allow myself to be bitter and consumed with hatred for those who have treated me so badly but I refuse to follow that path. In this blog I intend to explain why I prefer instead to follow the more positive path of forgiveness.
(1) As a Christian I believe that forgiveness is pleasing to God.
(2)Bitterness and hate impede your healing whereas forgiveness promotes healing.
(3)God has a purpose for everyone including the evil people who have mistreated me and that alone is a reason why I should not harbour hatred for them. That’s also why my forgiveness should be for both them and myself not just one or the other. (Some people say that you should forgive only for your own sake but that’s not true forgiveness. That’s selfishness pretending to be forgiveness).
(4) I believe that God holds the doorway of repentance open to even the worst of evildoers. When someone turns away from evil in a moment of repentance God intervenes to make that momentary change of heart permanent and wipes the slate clean. Therefore I should not rule out their eventual repentance. (I’ve actually seen this in the case of my dad who after years of cruelty and evil finally repented).
(5) I am by nature someone who is more inclined to forgive than to hold a grudge. People who hold onto grudges must carry such a heavy burden. How much time they must waste dwelling on wrongs (real or imagined) and looking for chances to get even. I can only imagine how stressful and time wasting that must be. I feel so sorry for them.
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Idontwannausemyname
I read your blog as you recommended thank you it’s so inspiring
MEGURI
people who are spiteful really just long for justice i admire them for that but sometimes they just gotta know that they become worse or just like the person they preached not to be if they begin to hate more than they begin to let go
Thanks. I’m pleased that you understand that. So many people don’t. The trouble with bitterness and refusing to forgive is that you become like the people who have wronged you which is a terrible price to pay. I don’t know how much of my story you are familiar with but suffice to say I have survived horrible abuse. However, I choose not to hate those who have mistreated me and to forgive instead. However evil they may be now it’s always possible that they may one day repent and also receive God’s forgiveness and salvation. The best of all outcomes would be for every one of them to one day be able to stand in God’s presence completely forgiven and washed clean of their sins.
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