some of you are thinking, “i don’t want to do that!” there’s the real issue! sometimes we just don’t want to forgive. we don’t want to let go. but the truth is that GOD has forgiven us so much, how can we hold unforgiveness in our hearts towards anyone else when you start to look at what HE’s forgiven us for.
i understand the feeling full well of “i don’t want to forgive. they don’t deserve to be forgiven”, but when i say for you to forgive them, i’m not saying for you to release them of all accountability for their wrong actions. that’s not what forgiveness is about.
forgiveness is not releasing them from accountability. forgiveness is saying, “i'm not the one to hold them accountable. GOD is.” forgiveness isn’t saying, “i’m not going to act in a different way towards someone because of what they did to me.”
if you had a business deal with someone and they stole a million dollars from you and you forgive them and they say, “let’s have another business deal,” i’d say forgiveness does not say you have another business deal with them. that’s not forgiveness. that’s stupidity. forgiveness is saying, “i don’t hold you accountable. i put that in GOD’s hands because HE’s the one who understands it all anyway.”
we’re too small to hold the big issues of unforgiveness in our hearts.
just a thought from the front porch…
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