Matthew T. Posted May 28, 2015 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 481 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 537 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/20/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/08/1959 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Roger that, OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall7 Posted May 28, 2015 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted May 28, 2015 My father, but he's been forgiven... What about you Ayin Jade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 28, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 My father, but he's been forgiven... What about you Ayin Jade? A couple of things. Forgiving hubby when I found out he was a drunk one Christmas eve in the distant past (he doesnt drink now). Forgiving the man (and praying for his salvation too) who murdered my brother in law this past december. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openly Curious Posted May 28, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,568 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted May 28, 2015 My father, but he's been forgiven... What about you Ayin Jade? A couple of things. Forgiving hubby when I found out he was a drunk one Christmas eve in the distant past (he doesnt drink now). Forgiving the man (and praying for his salvation too) who murdered my brother in law this past december. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted May 28, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted May 28, 2015 Forgiving someone who damaged someone I loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 29, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Forgiving someone who damaged someone I loved. It takes a lot doesnt it? Without the Lord I could not have forgiven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openly Curious Posted May 29, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,568 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2015 In light of God's forgiveness towards me I feel that it is not my forgiveness that is being extended to those who done the wrong as much as it is HIS forgiveness living in me which was freely given. Knowing God makes the difference as apart from Him we'd have no hope of getting through anything. Without God I know I could not have forgiven or learned to walk in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloe_fantastic Posted May 29, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 868 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 221 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/09/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/17/1981 Share Posted May 29, 2015 A couple of earlier posts touched on this. What makes it difficult for me to forgive isn't the magnitude of the sin committed against me, but how intimate I was with the person who committed it. In other words, it's easier for me to forgive a stranger doing something really bad to me, than someone very close doing something minor. Also, how often I'm reminded of what hurt me plays a part. The less I'm reminded, the easier it is. When I'm having trouble with forgiveness, I remind myself of the parable of the unforgiving servant. It isn't hard after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecheese Posted May 29, 2015 Group: Nonbeliever Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 44 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/28/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2015 I never did forgive my late sadistic paternal grandmother for threatening me with the tortures of hell from the age of two years old. She beat religion into her own kids, screaming, 'spare the rod and spoil the child' as she did so, the evil so and so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openly Curious Posted May 29, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,568 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 770 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted May 29, 2015 I never did forgive my late sadistic paternal grandmother for threatening me with the tortures of hell from the age of two years old. She beat religion into her own kids, screaming, 'spare the rod and spoil the child' as she did so, the evil so and so!I pray God would grant you the grace that is needed to forgive such evils that were done in your personal life from such an early age. I am sorry you had to endure such violence and evil intent in the name of religion but that wasn't God's display of love for you but it was the cross Jesus bore for our sins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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