Bible verse about forgiveness12/27/2022 ![]() Anne’s first memoir is: Broken: A story of Abuse, Survival and Hope. Anne Peterson © 2020Īnne Peterson is a poet, speaker, published author of 16 books, including her latest book, Always There:Finding God's Comfort Through Loss. God will give us grace for our interactions with others because God loves unity. Will we choose to hold onto our hurt, to store it away with others? Or will we forgive as we were forgiven? When God forgave us, it was totally. If we commit our interactions to God, the Holy Spirit will show us where we need to be more loving, more forgiving. Maybe because we care more about us, or about being right. I don’t believe we can truly forgive apart from the Lord. The thing is, I am not responsible for what the other person says, but I AM responsible for the words that come out of my mouth. Whenever we are planning what we will say next, we are focused on ourselves. God tells us to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility to consider others better than yourselves ( Philippians 2:3). When we care more about the other person than we do about our own feelings, we are moving in the right direction. Pray that God will show you how you can be more loving. As him to silence any word that will not be for the other person. What is the answer? When you are in the heat of a battle, breathe and send up a prayer to the Lord. So when we are at odds with someone, the enemy is happy. We can ask God to soften our hearts as well as the hearts of those we hurt. In the case of disagreements, we can be open to God showing us our parts. We can waste it, or we can let God show us how to redeem it. God worked it all together for good ( Romans 8:28). Remember when Joseph was wrongly accused? He still chose to do what was right. They will surface, and sometimes it’s not pretty when they do. Sometimes we try to fool ourselves into believing we’ve forgiven someone when in reality, we’ve just pushed it out of our minds, or down inside of us. Would your heart welcome them, or would you rather cross over to the other side of the street?” ![]() ![]() ![]() I remember a speaker once saying, “if you’re not sure you’ve forgiven someone, just imagine they are approaching you on the sidewalk. Did we deserve forgiveness? No, we didn’t. And yet, God tells us we are to forgive as he forgave us. But when something pierces our hearts, that’s another story. We sometimes make our decision to forgive based on the amount of hurt we experienced. I think at times we have a different way of looking at forgiveness. God tells us to be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as he forgave us ( Ephesians 4:32). You are not interested in praying before you respond, so instead, you react. You were caught off guard, and before you know it your first thought is not to keep silent. Today’s Bible Verse: Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. God Is All About Forgiveness ( Proverbs 17:9) ![]()
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