3 Benefits of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a virtue that gives you strength to move forward in life. This includes forgiving yourself for past failure. Daily we must be ready to forgive because the opportunity of offense and/or failure may happen.

Unforgiveness is like breathing a toxic chemical into your body. Holding a grudge toward a person is holding onto toxic results of the offense. Individuals who don't forgive themselves experience self-judgment. Self-judgment is the enemy to our mind, will, and emotions. Both forms of unforgiveness hold us hostage from experiencing our purpose and reaching our potential in life.

Forgiveness is not based on your feelings, but on your choice to forgive. Why your choice? Your choice to forgive is connected to your will. Your will is your power. Every day you decide what you want to do. Your decision brings the results on how you want your day to go. If you want to eat, you make time to eat. If you want to wear a particular shirt, you make time to prep the shirt to wear. The decision to forgive others or yourself includes time of reflection and commitment to forgive.

Forgiveness is a process where your feelings of hurt or pain don't immediately go away, but you enter a zone of 3 benefits that will move you forward to experience better opportunities in your life.

The following are 3 benefits of forgiving others or yourself:

1. You receive peace to move forward. This comes from humility. Surrendering your will to forgive allows you to have peace that passes all understanding. You may not understand why the offense or mistake happened immediately, but you will be granted the opportunity to learn from the offense or mistake. This creates space for you to move forward in life.

2. Your granted mercy. Mercy is a virtue that extends mercy to you when you extend mercy to others. Mercy gives you a second chance to live beyond the pain and hurt. You have the opportunity to heal from the offense or mistake with mercy.

3. You receive restoration. You are restored as if nothing happened. I remember several times after forgiving myself or others, I forget the mistake or incident occurred. You are restored to experience greater opportunities when you forgive.

I challenge you to forgive others or yourself. It doesn’t mean to allow people to use you. You must evaluate every situation and person when you are making the choice to forgive them. There is a difference between forgiveness and trust. Forgiveness releases you from the situation. Trust involves a person proving themselves to you that they have changed. They should earn trust before being allowed another chance.

Who will you forgive?

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