2007-02-09 14:29:28 · 13 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure.
2007-02-09 14:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by bibliophile31 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forgiveness is a choice you make. You may not feel like it. We can't change our past, but we can choose to move forward. I does take God's help, and I will pray for you. I'll also pray that once you do forgive your parents for however they must have hurt you in the past that He'll bring a peace to you as well. This will do more good for you than your parents. If you live with unforgiveness, it keeps you from being happy and being all you can be.
2007-02-09 22:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by sscott 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no way of knowing if your parents were really and truly horrible to you or its just the typical youth rebellion to authority talking.
To forgive (in any situation) you have to set your mind right.
#1. Realize your parents did not see themselves as being mean. Parents are not perfect and subject to mistakes - like say even yourself.
#2. At some point we have to quit blaming the parents and take responsibility for our own decisions. If we do wrong we reap from that what wrongness deserves. If we do right we reap from that the reward due - but not every time lest we take life for granted. Knowing we did good is reward in itself.
#3. Call the parents and say, "I love you". You don't have to agree with what they did in raising you (if in fact they did any harm at all) but you have to move past the past and forgiveness can only come when YOU make the first step.
2007-02-09 22:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I will. I will also pray that my own children forgive me for my parenting during each of their adolescent years.
Realize, though, that most adolescents are truly awful to their parents during those years--that's what drives the parents crazy.
2007-02-09 22:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am curious to know how you characterize "truly awful parenting." We all have the parents that we have for a reason, and maybe you had yours so you could rise above your situation and later on in life help out some kids in a similar situation. For many years i blamed my parents for a lot of the way i turned out. Then one day it just clicked: i am the only one responsible for my choices. That thought was liberating. Now i truly do think independently of what my parents did (or did not do) to me. i am just me...not an extension of them. Best wishes!
2007-02-09 22:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by fair blue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That comes with time. You'll get there. We all fail the ones we love at times. Parents aren't perfect. Far from it. You'll make mistakes when you are parenting, too.
2007-02-09 22:36:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
praying isnt going to help you forgive them at all. YOU are the only one who can make that happen with time.
2007-02-09 22:33:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll be praying you accept forgiveness.
2007-02-09 22:36:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shall pray for you, and I hope God gives you the inner peace you long for. May you and your family reconsile your differences.
2007-02-09 22:35:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello there,
Dont know your name, what should we call you? If we pray you might not know what we are praying for.
2007-02-09 22:40:35 · answer #10 · answered by EyeKneadPoints 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accept responsibility for yourself. Rise to your potential despite your adversity. Don't blame your nature, or your nurture. Be the master of yourself.
2007-02-09 22:33:09 · answer #11 · answered by Devil in Details 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋