Living a life of unforgiveness is like leaving the parking brake on when you drive your car. It’s a drag! It causes you to slow down and lose your momentum. One of the most expensive luxuries that you can possess is unforgiveness toward someone. A deep-seated grudge in your life eats away at your peace of mind like a deadly cancer, destroying a vital organ of life. In fact, there are few things as pathetic tobehold as the person who has harbored a grudge and hatred for many years. If you want to travel far and fast, then travel light. Unpack all of your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, revenges and fears. Never reject forgiveness or the opportunity to forgive. The weak can never forgive because forgiveness is a characteristic of the strong. Lawrence Sterne said, “Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward neverforgave; it is not in his nature.” When you live a life of unforgiveness, revenge naturally follows. Revenge is deceptive. It looks sweet, but it’s really bitter. It always costs more to avenge a wrong than to bear it.You never can win by trying to even the score. Be the first to forgive. Forgiveness is your deepest need and highest achievement. Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. What a pathetic waste of effort. “He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life, “declares Johann Lavater. Forgiveness isthe key to personal peace. Forgiveness releases you and creates freedom. One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you got to bed. Forgiving those who have wronged you is a key to personal peace. Peter Yon Winter said “It is manlike to punish, but Godlike to forgive.” When you have s huge chip on your shoulder, it causes you to lose your balance. When you stop nursing a grudge, it dies. Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart andcools the sting. It is far better to forgive and forget than to hate and remember. Josh Billings says, “There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.” Richard Nixon said, “Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” This is a fact: Unforgivenessblocks blessings, forgiveness release blessings. Do you want to release the past and claim the future? Get a hold of what Paul Boese said, “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” You can be wrong in the middle of being right when you don’t forgive someone. “Protest long enough that youare right and you will be wrong” (Yiddish Proverb). Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross over that same river. Unforgiveness is empty, but forgiveness makes a future possible. You’ll “start your day on the right foot” if you ask yourself every day, “Who do I need to forgive!” Beloved,let go the past and face the future. GOD BLESS YOU.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:23:06 +0000