The Bible And Forgiveness

As I was reading the chapter on forgiveness in Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by McMinn (2011), the personal life experience that jumped out to me was when I had to make the decision to truly forgive my ex-boyfriend and his parents for the emotional pain they caused me. After living in New Jersey for a month and spending time with my boyfriend and his family, working, and taking care of an elderly lady with dementia my world came crashing down on me. My ex-boyfriend’s parents discovered sin in his life and told me I could no longer pursue a relationship with him because of the sins he had committed. After finding out the sinful things my ex-boyfriend had done, I chose to forgive him. I also chose to give him a second chance at a relationship with me, but my effort to salvage our relationship was futile.

I participated in a lot of religious conferences and seminars. Through my participations in church events, I was mind-blown while listening to others’ testimonies during our monthly gatherings. During one of our sharing sessions which focused on forgiveness, there was a story of how a girl finally opened her heart to forgive her uncle who had sexually abused her. She admitted that it was extremely difficult to let go of her vengeful thoughts, although her uncle was facing his punishment in prison. After deepening her faith and experiencing the love of God, she began visiting her uncle and tried to listen to his apology. Realizing how remorseful he was for what he had done, she finally managed to forgive him with God’s help. From all the testimonies I had heard, all of them experienced freedom psychologically after saying “I forgive you” in front of the people they once hated. Throughout my life, I have never really experienced a strong feeling of hatred, except for the painful experience I had with Stacy. I started rethinking about the importance of forgiveness, as well as my relationship with Stacy. I questioned myself, “How can those people who have worse experiences than mine can forgive their enemies, but not me?” At that point, I was still doubting my ability to forgive

Life, as we all know is saturated with misfortune. Most of us are able to go through these and learn from and exempt ourselves. Yet, this isn’t always the case. People are faced with bone riveting experiences that often take a long time to get over, if they ever do get over it. These episodes brew in our brain popping up at the most random points often bringing our tone down. Although these experiences may scare us and fill us with ruefulness and penitence, we can’t continue to live in the past and let these regrets habituate us. Self forgiveness is a remedy to healing and to moving on in life, no matter how hard it is.

The bible teaches Christians to forgive in order to receive forgiveness. People often retaliate for wrongs suffered by not forgiving. However, researchers are discovering that not forgiveness can lead to health problems.

Most importantly, the bible tells us that we should forgive others, and not hold their sins against them. In Ephesians 4:32, it states that we must "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Christ forgave you." This

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Experts that teach or study forgiveness have made it clear that when you forgive someone, one does not fret over or deny the seriousness of an offense against you or your person. Choosing to forgive takes a weight off your back and lets you move on with your life. Choosing not to forgive can leave you stuck and is very unhealthy. Though you should forgive, you should never forget. Though forgiveness can be a factor in fixing a damaged relationship, it does not obligate you to make up with the person or people who had harmed you. Some of the things that can get in the way of forgiveness are pride, pain, and anger. If you have been severely hurt by someone it makes it extremely hard to forgive them. When your encompassed by anger it is also hard to forgive with all the anger directed at the person. The most important thing is to learn how to forgive yourself. If you can not forgive yourself you can not ever move on. People make mistake and people do things they shouldn't have done, but that is life. If you make a mistake and can not forgive yourself you will be unable to move on in

My boyfriend loved me, and it felt like a miracle. “Are you going to leave me?” “Are you going to marry me?” “Why can’t you come back today?” were only few of the questions that arose from my trust issues. I would call him too many times and leave him too many texts, even when I knew he was busy. The once sweet girlfriend that I was had let go of herself. My troubled emotions were seeping into our relationship. Each time a fight broke out, my boyfriend used to eventually come around and reassure me he wasn’t going anywhere. With his affirmation, our relationship would survive. But one can only take so much, and this time he had finally left me. All I wanted at that moment was to have him back and fill the space. The last thing I could do was to give anyone

Everyone has the control within them to forgive or not to forgive someone. Forgiveness comes down to taking responsibility for the choices we make and doing what we believe is right. By forgiving others, authority of our own lives can be regained by letting go of the conflicting objects from the past and moving into a more significant direction. The world today is full of conflict and people are being hurt every day. Conflict is seen today in politics, between countries, and between your average everyday people. Conflicts such as those listed above are often shaping the atmosphere we live in and shaping the person we are today. We can see that forgiveness is a place to start when trying to resolve conflicts, but not everyone will

To achieve academic success, I will work on being more forgiving to an extent. I think that when it comes down to it, I’m extremely forgiving to others. Even in the worst situations, I still show remorse of where it makes myself look weak and not mature. My views are very different when it comes to forgiveness because in my mind I believe that forgiveness is for everyone. Anyone who has done an act that hurts me in any way, it bothers me a lot that I forgive them. While building my growth mindset I still want to forgive people but to an extent where I still imply that they are in the wrong.

Asking myself why forgive? And the conclusion I've come to this is Forgiveness isn't just about validating other peoples wrongdoing but giving yourself permission to let go of the past; to move on to a better future or a better view on everything in

Mr. Standlea began class posing the question “What does the Bible teach about forgiveness?”. My classmates and I start to rattle a few answers. After answering the question, Mr. Standlea then asked us where can we find support for our claims in the Bible? I realized I could not think of one place in the Bible where the Bible taught about forgiveness. I remembered a few verses, but I had no idea where those verses could be found. A few students supported their claims, but I froze and did not utter one word because I had no support. Mr. Standlea’s question left me questioning every single part of my faith in the Lord; his question forced me to ponder if I based my faith solely on the Bible or based solely on the information other people taught

Damian’s comparison and contrast of LTL’s case regarding forgiveness and Scripture, centered on transcendent, or servant, leadership and the beneficial by-products of forgiveness. Servant leadership not only lends itself to increased trust, as explained by Damian, but also enhanced performance. For example, one study identified that an outcome of servant leadership is a “climate of procedural justice” (Liden, Wayne, Liao, & Meuser, 2014, p. 1435), which is dependent on leaders who consistently demonstrate and promote forgiveness (2014). When employees perceive leaders as having a balance of fairness and forgiveness, job attitudes are also enhanced (2014). Further, as leaders ascribe to servant leadership, they are essentially satisfying

In the King James Version of the Bible, there is a parable told called the Prodigal Son. As this story is told in Luke 15:11-32, we are told of a story where a wealthy man has two sons. One son stays behind and decides to work for his father and inherit a good life beside him. The younger son decides he will ask for money from his father, and leave him behind. As time goes on, this son goes out into the world and shortly after, loses all of his money he had received from his father. Because of this, he is ashamed and takes his time on his way back home. But when he eventually does make it home, he is welcomed with open arms to a loving father who could not be any happier to see his son. Although the father is happy to see

Forgiveness should be a gift which you give yourself. When you feel that forgiveness is necessary, do not forgive for “their” sake.