What is forgiveness? Did the bible say to forgive and forget? The Word will not tell you to do the impossible. When there is hurt and wrong done to us we can’t forget unless we lose our memory. There are times when mistreatment is pushed back and not consciously thought about but the memory is still there. This does not mean we keep this wrong on our minds all the time. This would be harmful to us. The LORD tells us to forgive becaue it good for us to cleanse ourselves. The Bible did not say to forget. This is sound reasoning.
The Word of GOD tells us to forgive. Forgiving is to cleanse your mind of hatred of the person that did the evil. This does not mean that you stop hating evil deed. Forgiveness is not giving in and allow the evil to continue. So many times people will ask forgiveness and when you forgive them they take that to mean what they did was right or the treatment continues..
Abusers of all kinds use this ploy. They will tell the person that they must forgive them. They then talk them into staying and taking more abuse to prove they forgive. So remember don’t sin in order to prove that you forgive.
You are the only one that will know if you truly forgive. Forgiving in not the same as giving in. There will be more to come on this subject. Please comment and enlighten us.
It is much easier to forgive than to ask forgivness. Life is a two part cleansing. Ask forgivness and forgive others. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
May GOD Richly Bless You,
Sylvia Kolenda
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Forgiveness we must do i agree But as the scares we have when we look at them it reminds us of the details of how why and when. So that we don’t make a mistake again.and get hurt. He will always lift us up to higher ground and a sure place of refuge. We will be wiser to avoid danger Stronger to help others from the pitfalls of life.
Hey, I really enjoyed this. It tells me that i need to show that i forgive that persone, but i do, but i don’t show it. I learned that you have to show forgiveness. I also learned if someone asks for forgiveness, and you don’t think that they are sorry, you never know. (That’s how i got in a fight with someone.) I just learned that you can’t always hang on to what that person did, because if you do, it will come back and haunt you.