“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye” Colossians 3:13.
Forgiveness is one of the hardest virtues for people. To forgive someone for hurting you so hard is something you will need so much time to think about. You have been abuses in several ways by this person. It may be that you are lied against or set-up for a crime you knew nothing about and you end of discovering the person that set you up. It may be that you have series of difficulties with your spouse, such as discovering he or she is cheating on you thus you’ve decided never to forgive me.
Pain gotten from the afflictions we received from others is not easy to wipe away. This is normal because we are humans with emotions to react whenever we feel discomfort and injustice being melted at us.
In spite of this, God cares so much about your welfare that He is not interested in you making mistake that will hinder you from obtaining your blessings. And the greatest hindrance of mankind is keeping malice and not forgiving others for hurting us.
Read the above verse again and you will understand that God wants you to forgive. It may be hard for you, which is why you must pray and ask the Hold Ghost of God to help you to forgive that person.
You don’t want your blessings being hindered, do you? So also you don’t pray for occasions where nothing seems to be working for you, right? Believe me, many Christians lost out their requests while praying because they hold so much unto not forgiving that they did not see the blessings that God has in store for them.
Jesus Christ paid the ultimate prize no one can ever pay for you. He was mocked, spat upon, tossed here and there recklessly, slapped without numbers, pinched without mercy, cursed without respect, insulted without reserved, beaten like a pig and YET, HE FORGAVE!
If Jesus Christ, our Lord and personal saviour can forgive without holding back any grudges, what stops you from forgiving your fellow human being? Do you know how many people in this world who curse God daily out of their ignorant because they think God should have prevented these world calamities? And in spite of their ugly curses hurled at Him; God forgives and will continue to forgive them because He is love and He loves them all forever.
Obey God’s word and your life will be dynamic. Forgive and your heart will be free from that pain, that burden, that depression, those agonies and those long, long memories of remembering what the other person did to hurt you.
May the Holy Ghost of God help you to forgive in Jesus name, amen.
Peace!
Princess Ayelotan
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