Forgiving Someone

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Becky216

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Forgiving someone takes a considerable amount of COURAGE because it requires you to be a bigger person and let things go…something most of us don’t want to do. Grudges spread and invade our healthy emotions. Forgiveness conquers bitterness! Moving toward your goals will require you to be COURAGEOUS enough to release the bitterness you’ve held for so long. Remember to forgive as you want to be forgiven!
 
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zaoman32

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that's a big one for sure. bitterness and anger and grudges give birth to nothing but separation and destruction. Whenever I harbor bitterness against someone I always remember that line from the Lords prayer. "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sinned against us." I assume Jesus knew what He was talking about since, I mean he is God and everything. But if I harbor bitterness and un-forgiveness against someone for one incident, how can I expect God's forgivness for numerous incidents.
 
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Relena7

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It's sometimes hard to remember what REAL forgiveness really even means....but you're right.
 
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GreenNnice

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Takes spiritual help, good thing the Spirit is real, and, He, indeed, is right by your side, your helper, in all things, great faith from you, even a mustard seed amount, will do wonders for our understanding His blessing on forgiveness :)
 
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some people have psychological projection. a defensive mechanism guarding from the responsibilty of what they did..or how they feel and whats so weird about that is .......

if you've had alot of that in your life..wth someone speaking to you that way..aside from your own mistakes.....you can end up feeling guilty as if people arent trusting you when in actuality your honest...and don't need to project.but should i say that outloud?

and i mean that's exactly what it does to the person despite your mistakes.
"you didnt do it"and " i cant seem to be trusted" oh and then another angle....what if you shared it with someone?thats the positive side of it,yet not being trusted can also be your own heart against you

and to me that's the meaning of forgiveness....even though...we're not entirerly at fault.


but i can tell you theres nothing gratifying about being the better man.
 
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ForeverHis42

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Becky216, you are so right. We don't often realize it, but there is so much we just keep locked in our hearts, hidden so that people can't see our brokenness. But when asked to forgive, that all come undone, and you can't forgive them because you're feeling the hurt and you don't want to ever have to feel it again if they deceive you. But it is truly better to forgive them, because then the wounds will heal with time, rather than staying hidden and having the scab scrapped off every so often.