Ideality

Think of a moment someone did you wrong, it can be a small or large thing. How did that make you feel? Maybe hatred, sadness, wanting revenge, to never speak to them again? All of which are completely normal things to feel. However, does that make it right? “it doesn’t have to be right” you might say. Understandable…. you’re mad, I get that but let’s jump on the other side of the argument

Regardless of how much emotion you feel from it, control your breaths for a clear mind and put yourself in their shoes, It’s going to suck to do that “Why rationalize and give them any sort of grace?” Because Jesus would! The man who lived the perfect life we ought to strive towards. We will never reach that level but we need to make that attempt. This attitude, the act of forgiving repeatedly will shine outward of you to others and some might even wonder what’s wrong with you, why forgive?

Forgiving is the hard choice that will give you endless rewards, to see the world as better, to do better for others. Giving grace where others won’t give it and spreading a great attitude, bring the darkness out of others and giving hope to everyone. Remember that you have made countless mistakes towards others, some of which you might feel bad about. Guess what brings an end to that????FORGIVENESS, simple as that!

It’s okay to go crazy, you just have to remember to go back to normal.

Be the bigger person is a phrase that just about everyone has heard from their parents which can take away some power from the statement but dive into it. Think of powerful people, great leaders, those to look up to and think like them. They’re not going to get stuck on things that can be controlled in the brain. They have “bigger fish to fry” and understanding that we are all sinners, you learn to forgive and forget. After all, this life is very short and on your death bed these are some things you definitely won’t be thinking

• “I should have held that grudge a little bit longer”
• “Why would ___ do that”
• “What is wrong with ___”

Here are things you will be thinking

• “You know, that wasn’t that big of a deal”
• “I should have spent less time being angry”
• “I never learned to forgive ___”
• “All that little stuff really never mattered”

I do thank you for taking time to read this and hope you can take something from it, I apologize if the read seemed all over the place but bless up. Finishing with a bible verse on the subject.

Colossians 3:13 says “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

And with that I give you the question to think on. “Who is someone I haven’t forgiven yet and what steps can I take to forgive them?”