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James Johns
on 06/19/2022 at 03:12 PM
I’m a forgiving person. I found out when I forgive seems like I can’t move on, can’t get the one I’m forgiving out of my mind
Noah Gallagher
on 06/17/2022 at 04:49 PM
Morning gents, I’ve never really had problems forgiving people who wrong me, I’m just that kind of guy, But recently something happened in my extended family that is probably one of the hardest things I’ve experienced. Forgiveness there is quit hard for what happened. But with Gods Grace and forgiveness it will happen. And if a 17 year old can forgive….anyone can😉❤️👍🏻
Joe Lizama
on 06/17/2022 at 04:01 PM
Amen 🙏 amen 🙏 amen 🙏. I as well have issue with relationship, but, it’s my sister in law that lives with us. Lord, I pray that you help me find a way to communicate with her with some of the things I feel she does and how we can help to make it better living in the house as a family. Thank you Lord! Amen 🙏
Tommy Williamson
on 06/17/2022 at 03:06 PM
I found that as I began to let go and forgive others that wronged me that I also had to forgive myself as well. Even though it was my two brothers that were much older and stronger than me that sexually molested me I still felt guilty and wondered how God could love me at times. As I learned to forgive them I also learned to forgive myself as well to complete the circle.
Rick K
on 06/17/2022 at 02:49 PM
Thanks all for sharing your insights and experiences. it's comforting to know that, I'm not alone struggling in relationships. I cannot control my spouse nor her negativity, but I sure can control my reaction to it. Lord help me, not be the best version of me, but be a better reflection of You in my marriage.
Brandon Pembleton
on 06/17/2022 at 02:17 PM
You ever absolutely hate the person you love? Talk about messed up! My former spouse had an affair about a year and half before our marriage ended. I "forgave" her on the surface but inside of me I was out in a sea of fear, anger, hatred, and suffering (the dark side if you will). I was a roiling ball of rage. Every little thing would trigger me. A scene in a movie of cheating would especially make me extremely angry. I just held on to that rage because that's what I knew at the time and didn't know God. We eventually failed in a cataclysmic way. Only then could I see how far I'd fallen. Even the most fallen of us can be rescued by God as he did rescue me. Not only that the magnanimous of Him burned out all that anger and rage. I finally let go and forgave her and God's healing force came into me like a hurricane removing all of that pain. I got there by praying for her to have a good amazing and happy life. It was not an easy prayer at first but in time and fairly short time that prayer released me of the rage and healed me in the process. Praying for others and putting others first really is the way and the only way I have found to be 100 percent healing and forgiving for myself. I hope someone going through the same yuck sees this before becoming rage. You don't have to. God can and will heal you and everyone around you. God bless you my brother in Christ 🙏
Ashley Jarvis
on 06/17/2022 at 02:08 PM
I found that in order to forgive others, I must first find the courage to be brutally honest with myself in recognizing my role in the situation, and truly own my part in it. I had a tendency to focus only on what someone else did to me, seemingly unprovoked, and file it away in my mind as 100% their fault. That is almost never accurate. And almost every instance of resentments I held for other people, I had some role in escalating the situation. It wasn’t until I was willing to own my part in it, forgive myself, that I could then let it go. The part this reading leaves out, is we must first forgive ourselves for our past mistakes and see ourselves for the flawed humans we are, so that then we can then see the people in our past for the flawed humans they are. Even in the rare cases that someone hurt me truly unprovoked, I could then see them as hurt and angry people and forgive them. Once they were forgiven by me, God forgave me for the people who I was in their minds as harming them… God, help me to remember each day anyone who is unloving towards me, is truly only struggling to love themselves, and that it is not about me, amen 🙏🏻
LightxSaltonpaper
on 06/17/2022 at 01:57 PM
I love reading these daily kick starters, it encourages me to live out my faith with more clarity and focus!!!!
Boyce Moses
on 06/17/2022 at 01:53 PM
When we refuse to forgive others we give them a permanent place in our mind to harass us. Forgive as you’ve been forgiven. Love you Jesus! 🖤💜💛🤎
John B
on 06/17/2022 at 01:10 PM
Lord, I pray for the strength to forgive. In Jesus name amen
Kevin Richardson
on 06/17/2022 at 12:07 PM
I heard an inmate at a prison I served at say, “Me hating someone and expecting it to hurt them is the same as me drinking poison and expecting them to die.” I never forgot that. Lord help me forgive as you have commanded.
168/365: Let It Go
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. ~ Matthew 6:14-15
Refusing to forgive others keeps us underwater - drowning in our own misery. We suffer while the one who harmed us moves on.
Our pride tells us to hold the grudge - Jesus says to let it go. Which do you choose to follow... self? or Jesus?
GO DEEPER: 1 Peter 3: 8-12
Next Step: Today, pray for strength to forgive that person who wronged you - let it go. This may be the very anchor keeping you from joy, happiness, contentment, and peace.