Have you ever been hurt by a person so badly that, try as you might, you just couldn’t forgive? I mean totally forgive, so that the relationship is no longer broken.
A definition of forgiveness that I have found is: ceasing to feel resentment for wrongs and offenses; pardon involving restoration of broken relationships.
I have had hurts like that several times in my life, and God has had different lessons about forgiveness for me to learn each time.
The one that comes to mind now is one I struggled with for several years. I tried and tried to forgive this person, but I continued to feel resentment, and the relationship remained broken.Continue Reading
Recently I heard from a friend about an idea that some in the church propounded that they were not responsible to forgive people who have wronged them. I find this thinking very troubling.