Forgiving
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie, author)
When we are deeply hurt, we often find it very hard to forgive the offender. We need and deserve an apology, at least. We may even want to be forgiving, but that’s not easy to do, especially if the hurt, either physical or emotional, remains. To forgive, however, is to obey God and even follow his example. We may also discover, as Huie suggests, that our attitude has given us peace.
And through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. (Colossians 1:20)