tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post7299386845618241646..comments2024-03-28T20:57:55.651-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: Forget About Forgiving?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-40616508855580314602012-10-10T21:50:31.280-07:002012-10-10T21:50:31.280-07:00Letting go is hard - it's like holding onto a ...Letting go is hard - it's like holding onto a rope for so long that your fingers are locked in place. It takes an act of will - and some prying - to release your grip.<br /><br />here's another analogy - if you carry a brick for a mile or two, in your hand with your arm by your side, it's not a problem to keep ahold of it. But if you try to put it on a table, you'll automatically release it. (This is a good thing to bet on, and win - most people don't know this!)<br /><br />The point is that you will hold the brick until you try to do something completely different - putting it on a table. Then letting go will be not only automatic, but inevitable.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-62956064476366781922012-10-10T16:52:09.537-07:002012-10-10T16:52:09.537-07:00I *know* that, I do. But part of me just can't...I *know* that, I do. But part of me just can't let go. And I know that I should. I do know that. At least I have a good example of forgiveness in Jesus, right? And in a few others too. <br /> Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-20287615830752993222012-10-10T13:01:18.587-07:002012-10-10T13:01:18.587-07:00The whole point in forgiving is letting go...letti...The whole point in forgiving is letting go...letting it fall into the pool of God's grace. It's NOT about redeveloping feelings for someone who's wronged you. Forgiveness is for you, to allow you to lay the burden down. God certainly doesn't want you to pick up another burden, that of trying to manufacture feelings that ain't there no more.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-54258219249948008332012-10-10T11:32:56.839-07:002012-10-10T11:32:56.839-07:00Forgiving someone who did something lame and apolo...Forgiving someone who did something lame and apologized from the core of his/her being is SOOOO much easier than forgiving a blood relative who sold me down the river. The sad thing is, I'm beyond being annoyed, I feel very little for her. But I do know that some people have had very serious trauma happen to them and it takes a steady grip on God's hand to get through all that has happened.Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.com