Forgive

Many of us find it extremely difficult to forgive those who have wronged us. Maybe it will help if we keep in mind that getting even is often more difficult than forgiving. Getting even takes a lifetime of futile and stupid actions design to hurt those who wronged us, yet, we end up hurting ourselves more. Remember that hatred and anger are like acid which destroy its container faster than those things on which it is poured. You see, not forgiving often results to hatred which is carried in one's heart. This hatred festers and will be like a live coal which is far damaging to the one hating than the one hated.

Forgiving is a strong move to make because it is, indeed, your move. Furthermore, forgiving is an attribute of the strong. The weak can never forgive, contrary to the popular notion that avenging a wrong is a sign of strength. Only the strong can truly forgive and forget. Completely!

It really doesn't matter whether the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You don't want to get stuck. You want to move on so you could do what you need to do in your life.

Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another, although it does not always lead to a healed relationship. In forgiving you simply choose to let go of the past wrong and make a decision you no longer wanted to be hurt.

The foregoing seeming difficult proposition can be done this way:

Take the resentment, the hurt, the damage that's been done to you and give it straight to God. Ergo, you are free from burden. You don't have to get even or take responsibility of paying someone back. God will handle the situation for you. After all He said: 'vengeance is mine. I shall repay.' You just have to let go, walk away and trust...

Simple, yet only those possessing the necessary strength of character will be able to do.