We may forgive but do we let it go?
We don’t cover another’s flaws like the Bible asks us to. Sometimes we want to but things come rushing back in.
Identify the trigger that sets you off. The wound that’s still hurting. Until that wound heals, you will never truly forgive.
We WILL mention how forgiving we are (I wasted my time, did your share of work, toiled for the company/family, worked hard on the relationship, supported you during your crisis, was at your beck and call, even switched off the lights which you left switched etc)
We have become experts at throwing spears. You throw one at me, I will pull it out and throw few more accurately back at you.
Plain sad. Unlearn that habit. Feeling annoyed is normal. Taking those feelings in, stewing in anger and then taking it out on others through criticism, aggression, or hostility is what turns a bad moment into a pattern.
Are you resentful because you feel unappreciated or because life has dealt you some hard blows? We need to sit with Jesus and heal from those imagined slights. Talk to God, then talk things out with people. Sometimes, just let go, just because…to everybody sins. If Jesus can forgive you, you can forgive too.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5)
Turn to God and seek His grace to truly forgive. Forgiveness is not complete if you do not do it like Jesus did.
Love covers up evil, it does not expose another’s flaws to the whole world. So while you are working on forgiveness, stay quiet. Stay with Jesus. Get help from praying friends.
And get the spear-throwing King Saul out of you.
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