Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a topic that is relevant to every person who has ever lived. We all need forgiveness, and we all need to give forgiveness. However, before we can tackle what forgiveness is, we need to address some faulty thinking when it comes to forgiveness. There are several things that forgiveness is not. It is not having a good feeling towards the person who wronged you. If you are waiting to feel good towards the person who hurt you, you are going to wait a long time. Forgiveness is not simply

affected by them. As humans we are responsible for our actions, but mistakes does happen and we are always in need of forgiveness. Forgiveness in Islam is

The notion of forgiveness is an important concept in our lives. It is defined as the act of apologizing or making up for the wrong one might have done to something or someone, including themselves. Often the concept of forgiveness is associated with atonement as one tries to make up for the wrong done in a situation or an event. However, the emotions associated with forgiveness vary and are dependent upon the person asking for forgiveness and the person receiving it. Many times it is difficult for

FORGIVENESS IN MARRIAGE Joy has been married for five years now. Her husband is always verbally, physically abusing her. She has tried to visit all the marriage counselor around her. Her husband does not see it as an issue. She has gone back to her parent’s time and again but the man keeps coming back asking for forgiveness. Once in a while, she has gone back having forgiven the husband. But he keeps redoing it. As a Christian wife, she is in a catch 22 situation. She no longer knows what forgiveness

give us hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29.11 niv) i could not continue living my life in this state of mind. an immediate change was vital or something drastic could have occurred. the solution was forgiveness and forgiveness is a medication of cleansness. as hard as it was, i had to forgive. forgiveness was harder with an individual because of death prior to establishing peace. it has been hard because i thougth i had forgiven, but over the years, i found myself continuously living in the effects

lives. The independent variable presented in these studies is forgiveness and the dependent variable is the ability to forget. The participants were between the ages of 18 and 39 and were made up

Can justice and forgiveness go hand in hand? Can a man with the lust for blood and revenge punish and forgive his indicted villain? As much as we would love to think that it’s possible to punish and forgive, we would only be clouding our judgement when we know full well that we cannot have both. To forgive means to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake. Justice means the action of punishing or correcting something or someone that is not behaving according

FORGIVENESS Throughout life everyone has been in a situation where they were offended or they have offended someone else. Therefore, forgiving someone is therapeutic for the victim, and the offended. However, when someone is wronged, justice is what they seek. On the contrary, when people feel pain from being wronged, they experience an “injustice gap.” Worthington defines “injustice gap” as, “the difference between the way the person would like a transgression to be resolved, and the way things

Forgiveness Jesus forgave many sinners throughout his ministry, but many people were upset at his actions e.g. when Jesus healed a paralysed man. In Palestine it was the general belief that sickness was caused by sin. When Jesus saw how much faith the man had he forgave all of his sins, and the man was able to pick up his mat and walk home. Jesus believed that he could heal physically and spiritually, but the Pharisees were

Forgiveness and reconciliation an aspect of the human psyche which plagues all with its enormous burden. The process of forgiveness is a long and grim journey as presented in the 2009 drama Invictus, telling the story of a war torn country and its progress towards a harmonious nation. A group of people who have been oppressed in their own land for centuries are taught the power of reconciliation and learn that there are far more important things in life than revenge and holding a grudge. Nelson Mandela