SEC17 WK:#1: Forgiveness unites family

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SEC17 WK:#1: Forgiveness unites family

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Unforgiveness imprisons people in the past. As long as you are not willing to forgive the person and his offence you keep it alive. You choose to love hate and cultivate through your life. Unforgiveness imprisons you in the pains of your past. On the other hand forgiveness completely free you from past and from bitterness in the present.

LEARNING TO FORGIVE The Danger of Unforgivenes

In Bible there's lot in it about forgiveness. Let me say just few of them.

Five things that the Bible talk about forgiveness that we have to forgive one another as God in Christ have forgiven us in order to forgive others. We must understand that forgiveness is not minimizing somebody's wrong, it is not overlooking somebody's wrong. It is not taking the blame for somebody's wrong. Secondly forgiveness is not waiting for an apology. Jesus did mot wait for Pharisees to apologise before he forgive them on cross. Thirdly forgiveness is reconciliation. It takes two to reconcile. Two people to repent to reconcile. But you can forgive without ever experiencing reconciliation. Though forgiveness will many times lead to reconciliation. The forth thing forgiveness is not a option but it's a command. And the last thing is that forgiveness doesn't change the past but it will enlarge your future.

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Any relationship cannot survive without forgiveness. If one doesn't forgive continually, one will accumulate bitterness that will destroy any and every relationship.

It is not sheer virtue or the nobility only, there are biblical theological and spiritual compelling motives of forgiveness. Forgiveness is the most god like act. This is precisely god's attitude towards sinners.

Unfortunately we always bury hatchet but leave the handle sticking out. Actually very insightful thoughts the term bury the hatchet to forget to forgive someone but the handle sticking out so we could go and take it out again. If we need really, forget where we bury the hatchet.

I'm not going to tolerate you okay I forgive you. It's not forgiveness. Forgiveness is something that happens with it deep within us and it is a deep recognition that true I who I truly am cannot be harmed. I'm sprit. I'm pue love.

Nothing can touch me in my true self. The general self we all take ourselves to be can be hurt but let us remeber who we truly are as sprit which cannot be touched by anything neighter can weapon cut it not fire burn it as the Gita tells us which Krishna tells us in Gita. So it's a deep recognition that who I truly am cannot be harmed and it's a letting go. It's purpose primarily free ourselves for us to get free.

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Interesting to note that the meaning of Sanskrit word for forgiveness is: it's an attribute to the devine but it also means forbearance and patience something to think about.

Peter the disciple of Jesus asked him Lord who often should I forgive someone. If my brother sins against me how often should I forgive him maybe seven times because he thought seven times is a lot of times to forgive someone.

Forgiveness was not an occasional act it is parmanent atitude that was what Jesus taught his disciple.

Nelson Mandela replied, “Forgiveness liberates the soul, that's why it is such a powerful weapon.”

In our family also forgiveness is the secret to our happiness, joy and peace.

Before I conclude I would request three other fellow Steemians to share their views on the topic.

@crismenia
@paholags
@rumaisha

Thank you for reading my post.
-@impersonal