THE DANGER OF UNFORGIVENESS: Unforgiveness Is Like a Poison Destroying the Heart and Mind. Unable to face their anger and confront their embittered issues, people allow and unforgiving attitude to cause much distress with their souls. It is like a poison; destroying the heart and mind. While it is not impossible or irrational, forgiveness is one of the most difficult issues to tackle in one’s heart. The reason for this is because afflicted people believe that they have every reason to loathe their offender. However, by refusing to forgive, one experiences only a temporal feeling of peace, a momentary taste of satisfaction and contentment, and a mere second in the span of time to prove his or her supposed strength and ability to move ahead with life, leaving the offender behind. Forgiveness is a choice. Depending on how a person chooses can affect the rest of his or her life. There are so many people who have been burdened with an unforgiving heart; a heart that says, “I just can’t forgive him for what he did – I just can’t let it go.” There are those who view forgiveness as an agreement or settlement, but according to the teachings of Christ, forgiveness is not a truce but a pardon. A person is not agreeing; he or she is releasing. Forgiveness benefits the offended one, not the offender. Once forgiveness is given, the problem is given over to God to be handled and the person offering forgiveness is released into freedom. The battle belongs to the Lord and vengeance is His, not ours. The Apostle Peter said, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about what happens to you.” Having an unforgiving attitude is unhealthy and weighs heavily on one’s heart because it is a burden that was never meant for us to carry. Shouldering pain from the past is spiritually unnatural. We, as human clay are not built with the capacity to foster bitterness. Our minds cannot take it and our hearts cannot hold it; we are simply unfit for such spiritual heaviness.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 03:11:20 +0000
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