“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Find strength in forgiveness
May 20, 2016 | 8 comments
Spiritual ideas that inspire healing
May 20, 2016 | 8 comments
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Jesus’ words on the cross come to thought:”Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.If Jesus hadn’t forgiven those that crucified him, there would have been no resurrection or ascension. Forgiveness is often the first step towards healing, don’t you think? Toward our own resurrection of thought and ascension above material thinking. Beautiful reminder, Evan. Thank you!
2 things come to thought; (1) To admit a mistake is a sign of strength & maturity.
(2) To forgive requires a mature spiritualnes.
“It’s human to ear, it’s divine to forgive.” This is what my sweet mother taught me since my childhood days. Forgiveness is so engraved in me, that even if I want to, I can never give back or take a revenge. Once a friend remarked “You are stupid. You keep forgiving and your friends take good advantage of your kindness”. But I feel good and happy when I forgive and forget.
I had attended a workshop on “Forgiveness” which was so wonderful. Parents could forgive the ones who took the life of their only daughter. This changed the life of the culprits for the better, they became good human beings and took life long care of the parents who forgave their grave misdoing. How strong, noble, loving, good and Godlike were the parents who had such compassion and love, which enabled them to let go and forgive.
A small and very helpful tip was given which would help in forgiving. If we are tempted to take revenge, we need to think of some very good thing that the person concerned or anyone else has done. This helps to dissipate anger and revenge, enabling us to forgive.
Evan do you think it’s stupid to always forgive friends who take advantage of my kindness and keep repeating their mistakes? What stand should I take? Thanks.
It’s important to understand that forgiveness does not mean we overlook evil or pretend like its not there. Jesus had the ultimate forgiveness when he said, “Go and sin no more.”
Forgiveness means we don’t harbor hate and ill-will toward that person. If they are taking advantage of our generosity, then we need to be aware of that and act in such a way to prevent that from happening. We must act with wisdom, the kind of wisdom that protects our good, but also helps them rise higher in learning how to appreciate that good.
I click on open whole story and I always get just the comments.
Hallo Nergish,
Strength in forgiveness can also be, not to stand the misdoing every time and forgive. The misdoing must be healed! A clearing talk with that person could help. In that case a prayerful listening to Gods thoughts would help, Gods thoughts which tell you what and how to talk to that person about that wrongdoing everytime. If it is done with God it will help and heal that situation. Hope I could help you a little bit!
Thanks so much Evan. Your reply is so good and helpful. Your guidance is precious and am sure if I act upon it, it will bless me and my friends too. Your guidelines will surely help so many others who are facing a similar situation like mine. Deeply grateful.
Thanks so much Uta. So very kind of you indeed to give me a lovely and healing answer. It’s going to be of great help to me and everyone who is facing the same situation. God bless.
Joan you can’t always open the whole story on a smart phone – try a computer – I had been battling on my samsung and went on to my laptop and all opened perfectly. Have a happy day **