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I have had battles in the past with unforgiveness. God has shown me that I have to choose to forgive, no matter how I feel about the person. Each time a negative thought about the person comes into your mind, speak aloud your choice to forgive them. When you truely forgive someone, you will not have a desire to discuss the offense anymore. Resist the urge to do so. And to truely forgive, begin to pray for that person. Bless those that curse you and pray for those that despitefully use you. If you will be more consistent to choose to forgive than the negative thoughts, you will overcome the unforgiveness. And eventually God will give you the grace to forget, if not forget, then to come to the place where it doesn't bother you anymore. I know from experience.

2007-10-31 20:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by snowcrablegs 5 · 0 0

Sometimes we forget, forgiving another person does not make us lesser
people. On the contrary, the opposite is true!!!

The most creative power given to the human spirit is the power to heal
the wounds of a past it cannot change.

We do our forgiving alone inside our hearts and minds; what happens to
the people we forgive depends on them.

The first person to benefit from forgiving is the one who does it.

Forgiving happens it three stages: we rediscover the humanity of the
person who wronged us; we surrender our right to get even; and we wish
that person well.

Forgiving is a journey; the deeper the wound, the longer the journey.

We do not forgive because we are supposed to; we forgive when we are
ready to be healed.

Waiting for someone to repent before we forgive is to surrender our
future to the person who wronged us.

Forgiving is not a way to avoid pain but to heal the pain.

Forgiving someone who breaks a trust does not mean that we give him
his job back.

Forgiving is the only way to be fair to ourselves.

Forgivers are not doormats; to forgive a person is not a signal that
we are willing to put up with what he does.

Forgiving is essential; talking about it is optional.

When we forgive, we set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner
we set free is us.

When we forgive we walk in stride with the forgiving God.




Hope this helps.

2007-11-01 11:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sal SR 4 · 1 0

Forgiving someone and to forget something the wrong done to us, is the hardest way for human being to do, there is no easy way of doing it, but there are some ways that you would do that could bring you to forgiveness, and possible start to forget the damage done to you.

The first thing that we should consider is that, being a prisoner of anything in our life, will make us immovable. Unforgiving to someone makes us a prisoner of hatred and revenge that could make us stagnant and immovable in life. So if you want to move forward and grow further in life, we should release ourselves from being a prisoner of hatred and revenge, by forgiving and forgetting the hurts. There is no need for you to go to the person who have done wrong with you, just tell God that you have forgiven him/her and forget about the hurt feelings.

It is not easy to forgive and forget but if you really want you can do it even if is very hurting. Always think of your good future and not think on how you can revenge. Think of something positive. Forgiving is a sign of giving love and good relationship a chance to grow and prosper to something productive.

Good luck and God Bless!

2007-11-01 03:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by EDRO 2 · 0 0

Well, if he's sincere enough to ask for an apology and he really mean it... forgive him.

Though, forgetting might not be that easy. But, time heals.

Everything will be forgotten.

If God can forgive .. why not us people.

2007-11-01 03:33:19 · answer #4 · answered by always confuse 3 · 0 0

Why would you want to forget ... you only need to forgive, and how to do that happily is: think of what the person did as his/her own way of responding to stimuli around him/her, which means that if you were in his/her shoes, you could do the same thing. This takes away bitterness in you for what happened and replaces it with understanding. You don't need to forget 'cos you will continue to have need to draw from your past experiences to guide the decisions you will always have need to take in your life, and this includes this particular experience.

2007-11-01 03:13:49 · answer #5 · answered by Nolly 4 · 0 0

The saying of 'forgive and forget' may be apt but not easy to implement.It's a lot easier to forgive but well neigh impossible to forget.I think it would be a more practical action if just ask ourselves to DROP the issue with the intent of not reviving it anymore.Thereafter,it may remain in memory but wouldn't hurt and anger us.

2007-11-01 04:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0 0

Forgive....sure....forget, no way. You'll get burned again. Be smart.

The degree of the infraction depends on the ease of forgiving. Missing a lunch date is easier to forgive than a friend divulging private information about you to others.

2007-11-01 03:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0 0

my theory on forgiving is to breath it in thoroughly, hold it until it hurts and then exhale it. promise yourself that you have now let go and let GOD. exhale it away any time it enters your mind and remind yourself that you've given it to GOD so leave it alone. i do not think that forgiving means FORGETTING what happened and embracing it again.. on the other hand forgetting will not come completely - you will always remember parts of it but it just won't continue to hurt as bad if at all.

2007-11-01 03:11:21 · answer #8 · answered by l b 2 · 0 0

Need more info

Oh c'mon, there's a big difference in forgiving someone that broke a lunch date or someone that murdered your parents.

It's possible to forgive and forget.

2007-11-01 03:06:04 · answer #9 · answered by wikedwhich1 2 · 0 0

well i dont know what you are attempting to forgive the person for but swallow your pride and work the situation out the best way you can and keep this in mind things will always happen positive and negative but how we deal with the result shows character.

2007-11-01 03:08:49 · answer #10 · answered by Chilly W 1 · 0 0

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