ARE YOU A FORGIVING PERSON?
After a relationship of any kind lasts for a period of time, there is usually much to forgive. We are, after all, human. We may not have meant to hurt husband, parent, sibling, friend or child…we just do.
On the other hand, they probably didn’t mean to hurt us…they just did. Perhaps because of thoughtlessness or carelessness, usually unintentionally. But the fact remains, as the years fly by, if we are not careful, the grievances against those whom we love begin to stack up.
Just think of a large family gathering. This person is no longer speaking to that person. Another person is hurt and will not attend. Instead of a loving gathering, it becomes a hotbed of irritation and ill will.
In Scripture we read that God will forgive us in the measure that we forgive others. How careful we must be to make forgiveness active in all of our relationships, past and present.
