Forgiveness

Forgiveness releases us from prolonged anger, rage, and stress that can lead to all sorts of physical problems.

Colossians 3:13  Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

God gives us grace to forgive if we ask. You see, when we've been hurt, we discover that forgiving isn't easy, and we need help.

After we forgive, there's a healing process that often takes time to complete. We may continue to have feelings of bitterness and anger now and then, but it doesn't mean we haven't forgiven. We have to remind ourselves of that and ask The Lord to release those thoughts and feelings. He will.

Someone has said, "Forgiveness means totally giving up the hope that the past will be different."