What Is Forgiveness?

Do you ever think about Forgiveness? Do you forgive?

What makes people forgive? Well I do. Sometimes you just wonder, why the anger? Sometimes you have to let go. This Reminds me of one of my favorite movies, If Only.

The story told you teaches to love, appreciate and be happy. This movie always takes me to a world of my own, a world where I want to be alone.

Forgiving someone does not only give them happiness but clears your conscience too. Yes, it may seem impossible right now, but if you forgive others it gives you hope and courage.

Forgiveness is really difficult because it contradicts our human concept of fairness.

If someone has wronged or hurt you, it’s only fair that we be angry. If someone punches you, we want to punch back. If someone slanders you, we want to slander back.

Ugh, this following Christ thing is really hard & honestly, unfair at times. I never shared that forgiveness was easy or even natural. In fact, it’s best to acknowledge that it’s irrational, unfair, and likely, some of the most difficult things we’ll do in our life.

Following the ways of Christ = not always easy.

Forgiving someone doesn’t excuse that person or the wrong.

It doesn’t exculpate that person.

As Christians, there’s nothing wrong with calling something for what it is. If someone molested you, beat you, or whatever…it is wrong, sinful, foul, ungodly, and needs to be called for what it is. Period.

Calling someone to forgiveness is not license to be foggy with the interpretation of a situation. And we can be fold in that process.

In forgiving, we learn about the heart of God.

Yes, it is true that God is not defined by one attribute but make no mistake, forgiveness is a central part of God’s heart. There is no Christianity without forgiveness. And if we’re uncertain of this, we simply need to look to the cross.

Wow.

Anger and embitterment is not God’s will for our lives.

We might be completely justified on a human level to be upset, angry, and embittered but those feelings, emotions, and anger is not what God intended for our souls.

Forgive so that you can step into what God intended for our souls. In a strange way, forgiveness isn’t just meant for the other person, it’s meant for you and for your soul. Yes, it is true that you can “get by” and survive but what God intends us for is so much more.

Forgiveness is rarely a one time event.

Forgiveness is part of a longer process that usually involves forgiving someone and even the same circumstance – again and again and again. I wonder if this is in part of what Jesus was referring to in Matthew 18:21-22 when he encouraged forgiveness to take place 70 times 7.

Life Is Too Shhort

Today I thought about death. I dont know why, probably because I was watching Freddy's Videos. Well His story touched my heart. 

Freddy commited suicide and tweeted about his suicide. If only one person had taken the time to take him seriously maybe things would be different.

But sometimes in life things do not go as we expected. It made me realise how people take life for granted. It made me realise how Happy I am not in my life.

Everytime I watch Freddy's videos on youtube, this sad cloud dawns on me. 

Thinking about death today I've started to make the best outta my life, live my life and be me, be happy! The pain that you suffer won't be there forever. Someday you will be happy and when that day comes Be Happy, forget about your worries, Just Be you and all shall be at peace.