Have you ever listened to your pastor's message knowing full well he wrote it with you in mind? Over the past few weeks my pastor has been talking about forgiveness and this past Sunday he touched on a few points on how to know if you have totally forgiven. The points being:
How to know you have totally forgiven.
1.You don’t think about it anymore.
2.You don’t talk about it with anyone.
3.You will feel God’s heart for them.
4.You will pray for God to bless them.
5.You will no longer respond with anger and rage when you think about them.
I am ok with 3-5. But #1 I still have a problem with. I have heard it both ways, it's easy to forgive but you never forget. But wait, Jesus forgave us our sins and remembers them no more. That's what we are to do. How can I forget when I see the person every Sunday morning? I'm good to go through out the week but on Sunday's it all comes back to me.
Maybe it's not so much WHAT happened, but more the sadness of what has transpired from it all.
I wont discuss it with anyone anymore. It's old news anyway. But I guess the only one that can answer my question is God himself.
I remember years ago another good friend of mine did something behind my back ( am I a magnet for this behavior? ) that concerned another friend of mine. The difference was she owned up to it right away and made things right between us and a few years down the road we were able to laugh about it.
I think I have totally forgiven because I see in me the work God has done because of it all and I choose to cling to that instead of the negative. I think it's ok to remember so that I don't forget what the Lord has done.
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