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I think there's this idea that forgiveness means you connect or reconnect with the person you're forgiving...but I think it means you don't wish ill on them, that you surrender the burn for vengeance and renounce hate and don't behave bitterly. Forgiveness, to me, is when there's a grave or massive offense. Unlike grace, where you're actually giving undeserved favor. And mercy is when your course of action isn't as harsh as it could be. So forgiving something like disrespect is more of setting your pride aside and remembering that others have given you grace for times you've been disrespectful too. Ultimately, we don't have to share time with people who incessantly hurt, disrespect, or take advantage of us. We can love ppl from a distance. We can forgive them, but move on with boundaries.

@🌻Desy🌻 I love this. I'm having a hard time forgiving someone that has rejected an innocent child. How do you forgive them for that? I'm not necessarily bitter but I have wrath & I'm sure if I see this person again, I won't be able to hold back.

I think its a matter of surrender. Wrath h vengeance belong to the Lord. Pray for God to help you surrender all of those feelings to Him. Ask God to give the rejecting person the capacity and desire to know and love the child. Some pll cannot bare the weight of love and responsibility. Theres even mothers whom have such overwhelming post partum responses that they cannot care for their own baby. There may be spiritual warfare at work in these instances. So pray for Satan and infirmities to be cast out. Pray for the holy spirit to occupy that heart. Have someone pray for you to forgive...and give it up to God, and pray for the other person as well.

I think forgiveness is a process. It’s not always something you can just do and it’s done. It takes time And practice and sometimes you fall back and become angry again, but we’re human and we can ask God for strength

Matthew 18:21-35 KJVS Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? [22] Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

[23] Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. [24] And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. [25] But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. [26] The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. [27] Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. [28] But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. [29] And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. [30] And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

[31] So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. [32] Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: [33] Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? [34] And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. [35] So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Unforgiveness keeps you stuck. We need the Holy Spirit to forgive others. The more time we spend with the Creator, the more our desires change. He softens our hearts and heals us inside. Toxic people, are not as strong minded as those walking with the Most High. Someone hurt them, so now they think they have to hurt others too, they're being influenced and used by the enemy. What helps to forgive others is having compassion for them, knowing they're hurting inside too. The only "love" they experienced is the amount they were shown by people. Since they haven't experienced our Heavenly Father's unconditional love, they don't know what true love feels like. Try not to look at the person, but the evil spirits behind them.