or do you feel it good to hold on to a grudge and let them have a part of your heart...
2006-11-25 16:33:25 · 25 answers · asked by I give you the Glory Father ! 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I always forgive,I have had some very horrible things happen to me
but two wrongs won't make a right.
2006-11-25 16:36:01 · answer #1 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think that I am a forgiving person. Holding a grudge only hurts the person holding it and binds the other one to them even more. It is healther to let it go and get on with your life. The best revenge is to live well.
Now if you are the one who turned me in because you did not agree with my answer, that might be another story.... Is there a"reason" you are asking this?
Peace.
2006-11-26 00:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am known for not holding grudges. Instead, the person looses my trust and once that is lost, it is something I don't just give back. I have one person that I have had troubling forgiving. Just a soon as I think I know everything this person has done to break my trust--I find something else that happened. They have never admitted doing any wrong and have actually made up an entire alternate reality to suit their conscious. I was close enough to them to know it is a conscious choice and not true mental illness . . . unless they prove to be a sociopath.
2006-11-26 00:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by whozethere 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wish I could! But the fact is: We have a heart! And if we didn't we would be like robots! We would have no emotion whatsoever. So we will always get hurt! There is no way to avoid that! But Jesus said that every man will be held accountable for every word he speaks! Nobody will get by with causing a child of God pain! It just simply does not happen! Not without the pain being equally afflicted to them! I want to be a servant of Christ! I'm tired of all of the gossip and counterfeit Christianity that we see today! A person who claims to be a Christian and stabs his brother of sister (in the Lord) in the back is a FAKE! And needs to come to the realization of what true Christianity is all about! Backstabbing is a sin just like adultery is a sin!
2006-11-26 00:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The more you can forgive the more at peace you will feel. When you hold on to resentment or anger it festers like a sore. You really will be better off emotionally if you just let go and put it behind you. We really do more harm to ourselves when we hold on to bad feelings.
NOTE: I find it fascinating to see that several are giving negative points to those of us who say forgive. Doesn’t that show just how badly an unforgiving nature can sour every aspect of your life? Some people can’t even stand to hear that they are better off forgiving. I think this is very sad and I think we should all say a prayer for those who have such hostility in their hearts that they can’t even hear about forgiveness.
2006-11-26 00:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Im very forgiving. I may hold a grudge for a bit but I always get around to forgiving.
2006-11-26 00:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'd forgive, simply because I know that I won't get anything from not forgiving but a sin.
Besides, why would I have to bother... God is the judge, and He is the one who will forgive us all.
Peace.
Edit:
some people here said that forgiving is weakness and shows self esteem..
I think that carrying so much hate is a persons heart is the greatest sign of weakness. It takes real strength to let things go.
Peace again.
2006-11-26 00:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some people I can forgive more than others, some offenses are easier for me to forgive more than others. But I am learning the real victim of unforgiveness will always be me. It is an ugly cancer, if you hold onto it, that eats away at you. Therefore, when something happens, I immediately go to God with a prayer for me not to hold a grudge. I know in my own power I cannot truly forgive.
2006-11-26 00:39:16 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I try, I have been divorced 20 years and I still have a hard time with forgiving. But I continue to put forth the effort.
I know if I don't forgive, God will not forgive me.
And NO it doesn't feel good for him to have a part of my heart.
2006-11-26 00:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by Rhonda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forgiveness is a sign of weakness and LOW self esteem. When you forgive someone you are saying that you are so worthless that you actually deserved whatever it was that was done no matter how wrong it was and that they can even do it again if they want and you will allow it becasue you don't deserve anything better.
2006-11-26 00:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It can be hard (human) to let go of a hurt but forgiving someone else really sets ME free.
Holding on tightly to the wrongs turns that person into a sort of idol.
2006-11-26 00:40:22 · answer #11 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋