Forgive Them?
- PJ Underwood
- Jun 2, 2024
- 1 min read
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A Word form PJ
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Matthew 6:14 NIV
Total transparency on this one.
This one right here is incredibly difficult to do. When you’ve had someone sin against you in the most evil of ways, how is it possible to forgive them? I wish I had all the answers to this one, but I do not. I struggle daily to forgive a person that has brought great harm to my wife, my kids, and my loved ones. Truth is I can deal when someone comes after me. What I have a difficult time doing is forgiving someone when they cause the ones I love great pain and troubles.
What I’ve had to do is pray harder than I have ever prayed. I’ve had to pray for something that in my mind I didn’t want. I keep on praying and asking God to help me forgive. I am trusting it will come.
A work in progress,
PJ
Yes, it does take time to heal deep wounds. And I do agree it a struggle sometimes. One thing that has helped me is remembering Jesus saying “Father Forgive them, they know not what they do”. There are all kinds of reasons people sin against us like even bitterness or hatred, and they do not realize how grievous that is to God who is holy. I made myself pray for them daily and often until finally I started feeling the healing inside of me, I also agree it’s much harder to forgive someone who harms one of your loved ones, but that just is the plan of evil one and God has a much better plan for all o…