forgiveness?

Question

does anyone know some true stories about forgiveness.
your own or other peoples.
I would appreciate references ( where I can find the stories if they are on the web)
basically stories where you forgave someone or someone forgave you and how you felt about it

Answer 1

I don't know if you've ever read the book, "The Hiding Place" by Corry Tenboom. She was an old dutch lady that lived at the onset of WW2. She and her sister and her father hid the Jews from the Germans in Holland until finally one of their own friends ratted them out and they all got sent to the worst concentration camp of them all, Auswich. There her sister and father died. She saw the guards do terrible atrocities to people, especially one of the guards.
Well, she was released by a clerical error a week before they gassed all the women her age in that camp. After that, she travelled around the world for many years telling everyone her story and of the wonderful things God had done for her in that terrible place.
One night she was preaching about forgiveness and God put her to the test. At the end of her talk a man came up to her and asked her to forgive him. It was that guard at the concentration camp. She said she froze. So many feelings and memories rushed through her of the terrible things that man did. She said she just prayed in her heart, "Lord, I can't forgive him but you can." And she reached out her hand to him even though she didn't feel forgiveness for him. But God honored the fact that she "chose" to forgive and she said when she shook his hand and said the words that God filled her heart with forgiveness! So I learned from her that it is an act of your will. God blesses you when you choose to forgive, even if it's not in your heart yet. I hope that helps. It's a great book, you might want to read it. Merry Christmas.

Answer 2

Forgiveness is very hard but it is also the best thing any person can do for themselves. If you have been hurt it is so hard to forgive, but know that we all get hurt. I was hurt by a few people who i decided to forgive, only because i learned a lot in the end. I think spirituality also has a lot to do with all this. Try to search for books on spirituality on the web. When you forgive a person for the pain they caused you, that usually means you no longer allow that person to control your life. Karma always has a way of fixing things in the end. Just know that when you forgive you focus on you and not the other person who hurt you. Take care.

Answer 3

Thank you I recently forgave all that were cruel and mean to me and not nice to me and I feel such a release of hurt and bitterness and I also memorized Ephesians 4:32 which addresses forgiveness.

I had a lot of anger and hurt that I repressed over the years and I could not understand why I was not growing in certain areas in the Lord and when God shed light on this in my prayer time I named each person one by one that have harmed me in some way and ask God to bless them prosper them to give them grace and happiness and this was a HUGE turning point in my life never have I felt so free in God.

God sees all and knows all and forgiveness is very healing I once heard it said that revenge is sweet but forgiveness is even sweeter and I am so filled with love and joy I never felt before and that is the awesomeness of my dear Lord.

Answer 4

When starting out in my first year of being a Christain,the Lord put on my heart to forgive my mom and many others..It was hard to do but Jesus helped me alot..I had to learn that what was done to me was by people who hurt just like I do..After you have forgave you know cause you can speak of these people and not feel the hurt any longer..It is not healthy to hold on to past hurts,,it doesn't hurt the other person it just stops you from loving another..

Answer 5

I had a situation recently where a divorce, death of a friend, bad job, and bad situations left me very angry. I didn't deal with it well and cut people out of my life with harsh words.

Later, I had a chance to reflect on my actions and felt terrible-I contacted the ones I felt deserved an apology and spoke from the heart. I'm happy to say I was able to patch things up due to their forgiveness.

It had a profound affect on me, and now, I try to be more understanding and forgiving of others. It really was a beautiful thing to experience....

Happy Holidays!

Answer 6

After a bitter divorce, I never thought I'd ever forgive my exhusband for what happened. I never wanted to see him again and didn't care what happened to him. One day about four months after our divorce was final, he called and told me he was having major back surgery. He asked me to be there for him during the surgery as he was really scared of anything going wrong. Since we didn't have any family members where we lived, I kinda felt sorry for him. I still wasn't convinced to go, but after praying on it, I went to be with him at the hospital. He didn't know I came, but while he was in surgery for 9 hours, I waited for him. When he came out, and woke up, I was by his bedside holding his hands. To be honest, I saw the IV's that were in his arm and I for a split second I felt some sort of vengeance. Then he woke up and said, "Oh no. I must be dead because you are sitting here and you told me the next time you'd see me we'd be in Hell"..LMAO! Well, I did say something like that as we left the courthouse months prior.

Well, anyways, I was proud of myself because I went to see him. And even helped him a few days after he came home. That was tough for me. But since then, I realize how important it is to forgive someone. You don't have to still communicate with them or be buddy-buddy...but to have a freedom of emotions you should forgive them.

Answer 7

You can forgive but you should never forget.Hurt me once shame on you .Hurt me twice shame on me. To the guy who forgave his chick for cheating on him over and over---shame on you . You are being a sucker and she will continue to do it because you have shown her there are no consequences to her actions.You should ask yourself if you are worth more than a Chickie that doesn't care about your health your heart and your trust.

Answer 8

People find it difficult or impossible to forgive because it seems like they're agreeing with what the person did to hurt them. When we forgive, we finally stop hurting ourselves. When we forgive, we may or may not re-establish the relationship. That is not the point.

Answer 9

You can forgive someone, but you still must be careful lest they do it again. When you suffer because of someone's malice or carelessness, and you forgive them, you must be on guard, depending on the circumstances I have no stories, and I don't know the point of your question.

Answer 10

my girlfriend cheated on me and I forgived her, not once..... many times, it`s hard, but forgiveness is a quality :)