Has someone hurt you? If they have, you know the pain it brings.
It is normal to hurt.
But then you start to harbour that hurt, to let it stew…
Then sometimes hate can start to feel essential. Like breathing. A way to cope with the hurt you are dealing with. And what good is it keeping that hate in there, if its slowly rotting?
Jesus told us to forgive.
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins Matthew 6:14-15
“Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.” Romans 12:19
Even though that hate is getting you through now, It is a bad coping mechanism.
How to truly feel at peace again?
JESUS!!!
Pray. Ask Him to help you forgive. Open up your heart and give it to Jesus. I know it is hard to forgive. Trust me I do.
Forgiving can be a long process. A lot of praying, and forgiving again and again and again.
I still have people I’m trying to forgive. People who have hurt me. And you probably do too.
But when you do forgive someone? It is the most freeing peaceful feeling ever.
Even though harbouring that hate feels good in this moment, if you let it sit there and rot whose it going to affect? You or them?
Selah xx
