What Is Forgiveness?
What does it truly mean to forgive? I think a lot of us have asked ourselves this question at least once or twice. Here is what I felt the Lord dropped in my spirit to share with you: #1: Forgive others I am here to tell you that you have to forgive them. The moment you read that, you automatically thought of the person that hurt you. You find yourself sometimes questioning, “What did I do for them to go behind my back?” “How could they have hurt me in such a way?” “I’ll forgive but I’ll never forget.” Forgiving someone doesn’t mean that the person who hurt you has gotten away with what they did. Nor does it mean that your feelings aren’t validated regarding the situation. God wants you to come to him regarding your hurt but he doesn’t want you to stay in your hurt. When you hold onto bitterness or resentment towards another person, it is doing more harm to you than it does to them. In Matthew 18:21-22 , it states, “Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should ...