A friend of mine bumbed into his ex-Pastor and his wife,he was no longer in the ministry because of his mental illness.When my friend spoke to them they said they no longer believed in God,the reason , people in the church he pastored had been unkind to them. So instead of forgiving those people they forsook God.it appears to me, that was a strange and foolish thing to do.The movies entertain us by showing people wanting revenge on those who have hurt them,very rarely does it show people forgiving those who have hurt them.Yet that is the very thing Jesus says we should do, in Matthew 6 v 14-15 we read,' For if you forgive other people when they sin against you,your heavenly will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their sins,your heavenly Father will not forgive your sins.'I believe those words are a tremendous challenge to us all. I pray for many people who are suffering terrible things by very wicked people, What are they supposed to do?,forgive.Looking back on my own life I have been hurt ,treated unfairly ,as maybe you have,what are we to do? the answer is very simple and challenging,we are to forgive.
'Unforgiveness will drive us away from God
Forgiving others will draw us closer to God'
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