what do you think why it so easy to forgive but hard to forget ?
2006-10-28 16:32:34 · 11 answers · asked by genewade013 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Forgive means they don't hold it against you anymore. Not to forget means they will always remember what you did and wonder if you're going to do it again.
2006-10-28 16:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle *The Truth Hurts 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If they don't forget, then they truly haven't forgiven. People these days don't really know what forgiveness means. Forgiveness means forgetting and never bringing it up again, like Christ does for us if we ask for his forgiveness. The Bible says he throws your sins as far as the east is from the west. That is an infinite distance in science terms becasue east never meets west. Good thing he didn't say, North from south, cause then our sins would always come back up to haunt us. You just have to learn to forgive them and not worry about their side of the issue if you are truly sincere.
2006-10-28 23:37:15 · answer #2 · answered by lilwalker02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forgiving is to get rid of the anger... its more for yourself, so you can move on from something. Forgetting is a completely different thing. To forget means a lesson wasn't learned... and thats never a good thing.
2006-10-28 23:42:22 · answer #3 · answered by just_me3575 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Remembering will keep the mind alert enough so that whatever you've been forgiven for will have little chance of occuring again without being immediately recognized. While the heart can forgive the mind must forever remember, lest the heart be once more deceived.
2006-10-28 23:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bethany 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you're forgiving, you just might want to make the person feel better. Or, the person could be asking you for their forgiveness, and you accept on the spot. However, once you sit down and think, you ponder over the situation.
2006-10-28 23:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by fuzzycherrycream 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to forgive is to get rid of one's anger towards a person/situation. But it's important to not forget it so that you don't repeat that again in the future. Learn the lesson the first time so you don't get tripped up by it again and again.
2006-10-28 23:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in my case , i couldn't even look at him...without imagining the facts! seeing her all over him! and even though i did for give him , i couldn't forget...it was like a slap in the face everytime i looked in his direction. an i also knew in my heart he would do this again to me. so i let him go an have been happy ever sense.
2006-10-28 23:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by ~just_jd~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well think of it like this,
Suppose someone took a great big knife and cut off your Penis.
Man that **** would hurt right.
And I'll almost guarantee that everytime you were to look at a knife,
it would remind you of that day.
and the loss of your penis.
scarey thought huh!
2006-10-28 23:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because there is always something there to remind you of whatever it is you need to forget.
2006-10-28 23:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by desertskieswoman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's just a fact of life .. rember this quote...
"the future is easy b/c it doesn't exist...the past is hard b/c it's painful"
2006-10-28 23:57:21 · answer #10 · answered by trblmmmy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋