DISQUS

Bryant Neal · 2 months ago

I really had an appreciation for this post because of many of the circumstances and life situations that I have been trying to counsel people through in my pastoral ministry. Many of the marriages, relationships and friendships that I have been dealing with have been devastated and hurt because of unforgiveness. Another factor has been revenge seeking. While the revenge seeking hasn't been overt and openly violent, it has been manifested through verbal jabs, cold shoulders and other actions, and inactions, that people have taken toward each other.

If we are to survive and enjoy life as God has designed it, we must allow Him to plant the seeds of forgiveness in our hearts and then turn to it when we are faced with these types of situations. Just because we forgive, it doesn't necessarily mean that we forget or put ourselves in a position where we know we will be hurt again...it merely means that we release the extraction of justice and revenge to the Lord and trust Him to deal with it in His time...that frees ours to do more productive things than stew in our own juices.