Simply Saturday – Forgiveness
This is the day that I have given myself five minutes to write on a topic. Today I have chosen forgiveness.
I listen to John Maxwell ‘s daily one-minute talks. The other day he talked on forgiveness. I have put the link at he bottom of this post.
To me forgiveness is necessary to get close to God. As long as I harbour any resentment there is a barrier between us. I remember a passage in the Bible.
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you” (Matthew 6:14 NIV).
A friend of mine found herself in a situation that required her complete surrender to God. She knew she had found forgiveness from God. But she still had unforgiveness in her heart because of the circumstances that happened. When I told her that she needed to forgive those people who had wronged her – she said: “No”. It felt good to feel angry. But it destroyed the peace that she sought. When she decided to try to forgive them, it took much courage. The result startled her. In that act of forgiveness she felt a freedom she never had before and a peace that passeth all understanding.
My time is up.
How do you feel about forgiveness? Have you had a weight lifted from your shoulders when you decided to forgive someone?
