The Forgiveness Factor

Getting Your Life Back by Cutting the Anchor of Unforgiveness

Does your life feel like it is spinning out of control? No matter how you try you cannot seem to get back on track. It could be you are harboring unforgiveness and bitterness from a past offense. You will never get your life back on track until you make the choice to forgive.

Forgiveness is often misunderstood; forgiving someone does not mean forgetting the offense. Instead it is choosing to let go and not hold it against the offender. Holding onto grudges can burden us like an anchor, causing more harm to ourselves than to those who have hurt us.

By choosing to forgive, we free ourselves from the shackles of past offenses. We make the conscious decision not to bring up the offense again. Even if the offender refuses to accept forgiveness.

Forgiving, Not Forgetting

Forgiving doesn't mean you will forget. When you choose to forgive, you release the offender from the transgression and decide not to hold it against them any longer. However, as human beings, we lack the capacity to forget…