"To Forgive" Text

"To Forgive" Text

It is never easy to forgive when someone hurts us. Right things are rarely easy. But forgiving is the right thing to do. Forgiving does not mean forgetting. It does not mean to keep letting the person keep hurting us. It means deciding to stop hanging on to it. Hanging on to unforgiveness hurts us. It often does not hurt the other person. The other person often does not even know. I believe forgiveness starts with the decision to forgive. Then we need to pray to forgive. It may take time for us to feel different. We may need to keep praying to forgive. If we have forgiven the other person we cannot keep bringing up the offense. Even if we don't feel different we can't keep bringing it up. We need to stop rehashing it in our thoughts. To forgive is hard but it is right.