Freedom To Forgive
It takes a strong person to say sorry, and an even stronger person to forgive.
– Unknown
I believe one of the keys to a rich life is choosing to keep no record of wrongs- to forgive! When we choose to not forgive, we become judge and jury. In becoming the judge we,in essence, become our own judge and condemn and enslave ourselves.
Jesus has come to set us free from the power that sin has over us. When we choose unforgiveness , we choose the law and not grace!
So often, in our relationships, we will extend grace to ourselves , But law to others! How damaging this is!
I have compiled a few quotes and verses that should be helpful in your pursuit of peace. May you choose to daily offer and receive grace and mercy. Gods peace, Jonathan
Galatians 5:1
Freedom in Christ
5 So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We will always find new reasons -not to forgive, especially if we are currently in the grip of unforgiveness – jmc
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
Matthew 6:
14 “If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done. ”
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
— Alden Nowlan
To err is human; to forgive, divine
— Alexander Pope
1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud;
5 love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; 6 love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. 7 Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.
8 Love is eternal.
Proverbs 19:11
11 Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
