FORGIVENESS IS NOT EASY

TO GIVE TO OTHERS WHEN WE'RE WRONGED,

BUT IF WE DO NOT GIVE IT

OUR HURT AND PAIN WILL BE PROLONGED,

LIKE A WOUND THAT IS INFECTED

AND WORSE AS TIME GOES BY,

WE CAN NOT JUST IGNORE IT

NO MATTER HOW HARD THAT WE TRY

SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO REASONS

FOR THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO,

NO EXCUSES OR EXPLANATIONS

THAT JUSTIFY WHAT THEY PUT US THROUGH.

BUT REMEMBER...JESUS TOLD US TO FORGIVE

THE SAME WAY OUR FATHER FORGIVES US,

SO WE CAN MOVE TOWARD THE LOVE

INSTEAD OF STAYING BITTER AND CALLUSED.

FORGIVENESS RELEASES THE NEGATIVE

THAT HAS CONSUMED AND TAKEN OVER,

IT FREES US, TO LOVE AND LIVE AGAIN

AS OUR HARDENED HEART GROWS SOFTER.

YES...FORGIVENESS CAN BE VERY HARD

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE MUST DO,

IF WE WANT GOD TO FORGIVE US

THEN...WE MUST FORGIVE OTHERS TOO!!

I choose to forgive