SEC17 WK:#1: Forgiveness unites family
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Hello friends
He who does not forgive is a prisoner of himself
No freedom for the one who does not forgive |
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Have you noticed that people who don't forgive, don't feel free around their offenders?
I remember while I was much younger, I had some group of friends I always played with, one of them was a guy. He was always mischievous
While playing one day, he pushed me from an incomplete building and I feel down and broke my legs. He ran away. I was taken to the hospital and I got treated. I was expecting his parents to visit my home atleast with an apology but they never did.
I concluded his parents are as wicked as their son. So I didn't forgive this guy or his parents. Guess what? His mom was my class teacher at that time, she didn't see me in school for days bi I was getting treated. When I finally came to school, she pretended as though nothing happened. I literally hated her. Each time it was her subject time to teach, I would leave the class, I could not stand her or look at her face cos I had things against her..I failed her subject that term.
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Forgiveness is a voluntary action or decision of letting go hurts or pains, disappointments inflicted on you by someone whether the person feels remorse or not.
Your ability to Forgive shows your level of spiritual growth in life. There is so much strength and freedom when we forgive our friends or family members or even those who are not close to us.
We love more when we forgive. To give and ask for forgiveness is golden. If you don't forgive others then you should not expect to be forgiven when you do wrong to others.
Forgiveness unites Family together |
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Growing up as a child in my family, because I was one of the youngest child, sometimes I felt my older siblings were too hard on me.
Sometimes I was beaten mercilessly by my siblings for no just cause. Sometimes one of my brothers would heep his clothes and ask me to wash it with so much command in his tune of voice.
One day I decided I won't let that mistreatment to continue, I had a friend who was almost my age, she has older siblings and her siblings didn't treat her the way my siblings does. I decided to standup for myself.
One of my brothers came one morning asking me to run errands for him, I did. He asked me wash and cook noodles for him I did and when it was time for me to go out and play with my friends, he locked the door saying am not going anywhere. I was so upset.
I went to follow the back door but he blocked me there with a cane to flog me,I immediately took the kitchen knife, he felt I won't use it, I told him to leave the way or I will use it on him, instead, he flogged me and while we were dragging, the knife cut his hand.
I ran out to play not knowing he was bleeding. When I came back home I saw him on bandage seating outside. The moment I saw him I lay down on the floor begging for forgiveness. I cried my eyes out. I was saying sorry to him for hurting him.
He also started crying. We settled our dispute and apologize to each other, since then, his attitude towards me changed. Even when my parents got back home and asked him how he got injured, he said it was an accident. We loved ourselves since then and we bonded.
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Forgiveness creates an atmosphere of love in families and bonds them together
Forgiveness makes you live without fear or guilt
In families, people who easily forgives lives a healthy and prolonged life
Forgiveness creates an avenue of peace in the family
Forgiveness inspires a life free of unnecessary burdens or stress.
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Qué experiencia tan desagradable hay personas que cometen actos y andan como si nada y como consecuencia afectan a otras personas tal como fue tu caso con tu materia sin embargo tenemos que adquirir esta cualidad de perdonar de que esta une a las personas quizás sea difícil borrar por completo el error pero sí podemos tomar ciertas medidas y no guardar el resentimiento
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You really mention something powerful in the begining of your post. You said unforgiviness made us a prisoner to ourselves and this is very true. We really need to be careful and make proper use of that statement. There is so much that forgiveness that we can do only if we are able to realise this and make proper use of it. Unforgiviness will not do us any good. In fact what I have come to discover is the fact that forgiveness protects our families and unite us together only if we can see it and make proper use of it. We should not leave in bitterness or unforgiveness. If God can actually forgive us, who are we that God can not forgive us. In fact if God can forgive us, then we are expected to do much more to God. That is the expectation of God for us actually.
I completely agree with you, friend, that forgiveness is an action or decision that we must do of our own free will and not because others push you to do it to get out of that problem and that's it.
How bad what you say about what happened to that boy who did that bad action without apologizing and his parents acted in a very bad way and even more so being your teacher, the truth is that I understand your anger and not wanting to see the teacher and leave. his class.
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Hello dear lady.
You are absolutely right, forgiveness is the decision we must make to seek our own peace of mind, since it is the only way to create an environment full of love.
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Many blessings..🙏🏻
I can relate it with my same type of a situation when i was hurt by my friend and i lost a lot of blood from my body. It was quite a serious injury and the only thing that hurt me the most was that my friend didn’t realise what he actually did.He didn’t even apologise and didn’t seek for forgiveness but I now realise it wasn’t his fault back then,he was a little shy and couldn’t see into my eyes and maybe he was remorseful back then but couldn’t express.I forgave my friend just after i got well and we still are very close friends.
Success.
Hi friend
I agree with you that Forgiveness creates an avenue of peace in the family.without forgiveness peace cannot reign.
And Bible says in Ephesians 4:32 that we should be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Christ forgave you.
"To err is human but to forgive is Divine.
So it's a good thing to forgive.
Weldon @ruthjoe