"Why do WE need to forgive?"

It is a way of relieving the load from my own heart.

To forgive does not mean you are only forgiving the person who hurt you but also removing the burden or grudges in you heart for you to heal.

Forgiveness is the offering of one's self for the betterment of another. People are abusive and would take advantage of you. Sometimes, you are caught off guard and you get hurt. Worse, they don't even care about your suffering. They sleep soundly at night. While you dwell on heavy heart and heavy mind. To change the situation - just forgive. Hold no grudge and think nothing of it any longer. Then you can sleep soundly at night, too. Here's a story. Once there was a young fifteen year old lass from an ultra rich family, her parents are famous jewelers in the land. They live in a gated subdivision with high security. This young girl asked permission from her mother if she could go girly night over her best friend's house. She was excited to talk about a young boy she has a crush on in school. The mother, wary over the security of her daughter, said she could instead invite the best friend to spend a girly night in their posh home. The girl got so excited and called her best friend and asked to be brought by her mother to her home. Her own mother then left for a business matter in a province, her father, in another province. As it happened, around noontime, there was ringing of the doorbell, and house guardd admitted her uncle, in a van, with armed men. As quickly, the guard was disarmed and hogtied, as with the gardener, the maid, the cook, the yaya, the two foreign visitors, and the younger siblings. The young girl heard the commotion from her room, she was disrobed for bath. Alarmed, she took a peek and saw the goons. The robbers saw her, too, and ran towards her. She was grabbed by one and molested. Then comes another, and there were seven of them. When they were done, they took to the matter of getting the jewels, and the cash. As it happened, the doorbell rang again. With the helpers bound, the robbers dressed the girl up and made her answer the door. It was the mother of her best friend just checking for the girls' overnight gig. The girl was warned that if she says anything, the siblings and the visitors and the entire household will be killed. So she kept mum. But the mother of her best friend, of course, noticed the disheveled appearance and called the police. The police did come, and the parents, too later in the night. The mother hugged the girl tight and brought her to the neighbor's house. She was in trauma. At the depth of night, the mother told her that they must get to the hospital for treatment. The girl obeyed. Charges were made on the uncle and the goons. But the girl said she couldn't change what happened to her. It took her two years to embrace her own father and kuya again. When she did come out of her trauma, she said she had forgiven those who wronged her. Today she is a happy mother of beautiful boys, a wonderful wife to a kind and loving husband.

Forgiveness is sometimes because you can't do otherwise but you can always remember it as long as your memory goes.

Forgiving is blessing. There is no blessing if there is no forgiveness. For me, better I forgive my myself first and acknowledge that I am a sinner. Jesus Christ paid the penalty of all my sins.

I will forgive, but I will not forget the mistakes of others and I will use it as a lesson to be more careful with other people

I think forgiving is a necessity if we want to live a happy life.

Being human often makes it hard for us to forgive. But Christ forgave me so how can I refuse to forgive others?

Forgiveness is not holding anger against someone who has wronged you

I may forgive but I don't forget

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