More than saying sorry.

Forgiveness. Should you forgive, but not forget? Or forgive, and forget? Which is the better way?

Lately, I've seen people, including myself, struggling in this aspect of life, due to relationship conflicts, or whatever it might be. This may not be appealing to your ears, but it's what He wants us to learn, because He wants what's best for us. A loving, just God, not a punishing God.

It is not human nature to forgive others, because we tend to want to repay bad with bad, not bad with good. If someone does wrongdoing onto you, like lies, steals, or ignores you, it would be natural to let anger and hate take control. But forgiveness, it's a decision.

Ephesians 4:32. Since God forgave us, we should forgive others. He still loves us, which is why we should still love others.

Sometimes, the offender may not even want forgiveness. But it is still right to forgive.




It is impossible to forget what someone has done to you, you cannot merely "erase" that from our memory.

However, God is all-knowing. Romans 3:23, we have all sinned and fall short to the glory of God. Even though He knows we've done all this bad stuff, He treats us as if the sin has never occurred.

Something we can all do, right? The "forget" term of the phrase, "forgive and forget", is to treat the offender as if they never did that to us. We choose to forget.. Since Big Guns Upstairs chose to treat us as if we never sinned to Him.

Therefore, if we forgive someone, we must act as if that sin had never occurred. We remember the sin, but we live as if we did not remember it. We do not use someone's past against them, or else, that is not true forgiveness.

Something I thought I'd share. (: