Forgiveness

Forgiveness is an act of will and not feelings. Forgiveness liberates one from his/her own bondage of any grudges and bitterness in him. Forgiveness yields freedom, setting the captives free. Forgiveness gives away freely although it does no justice to him/her. True forgiveness involves commitment to begin anew, to confront the situation as it is. A real man is one who have guards to reconcile with the one who have hurt him/her, showing himself/herself that he/she is confident of who they are. We can only forgive when we began to follow Jesus and start to let go (not to mean that we leave it as it is but to let go of our rights) and let God to act. He is our righteous Judge.

Unforgiveness is like someone who is trap in the prisoner cell, not knowing how to get out from the prisoner bars. Unforgiveness brings back old memories of what happened in the past and affects the relationship at present and in future. Unforgiveness is selfish.

Any healthy relationship involves forgiveness. Healthy relationship accepts, gives away freely without expecting anything in return. Any real and healthy relationship begins with an intimate and close relationship with The Almighty. Imagine a picture of pyramid where we are at the other end of the bottom edge. The bottom edge represents you and me. The top edge represents God Himself. It is only when we draw nearer to God, only then will our human relationship gap be closer. The higher we go the narrower the gap between our human relationship becomes.

We cannot experience true forgiveness unless we start to forgive ourselves. How happy is the man who truly forgives. Freedom in Christ and with men. Forgiveness is one of the characteristic of our God and because of Him we find forgiveness for our sins.

True follower of Jesus forgives because He(Jesus) suffered for the forgiveness of our sins. I think the word forgiveness is a word in which we have taken too lightly especially in our human relationship and maybe with God as well. Forgiveness is cheap but it is also so rich.

Enough of saying..need to act upon it. Need to always be reminded that God is my righteous judge. Do not pay back evil with evil. Not to retaliate. To be careful not to speak against anyone or gossip. Only helpful words, those that will admonish others. Sometimes I just need to keep it to myself. To ponder it in my heart.
Ah! How long will I ever learn that?? Over and over again? Need so much refinement man.

We live in your freedom God. =)