Forgiveness and Bitterness
“Someone once said that your humility can be measured by how quickly you admit you are wrong…. the moment you recognize that someone has hurt you, immediately stop, pray, and give the offense back to God. The more you mull over it, think about it, and go over the scene in your mind, the more it has opportunity to take root within your soul and plant deep seeds of bitterness. But if you are quick to forgive, you keep your heart and conscience clean before God. Even if the other person never comes to you and asks your forgiveness, remember that forgiveness is first and foremost an issue between you and God. We are not merely to forgive only when someone becomes humble and admits their faults, but even when they don’t realize what they have done. Remember Jesus on the cross praying, ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do’? (Luke 23:34).”
-LESLIE LUDY, The Lost Art of True Beauty
