Thank you Catherine for your support and also for your AMAZON reviews of my books. VISIONS is the first book I ever wrote - what started me on this journey as author and blogger.
Querido amigo, perdonar es de almas grandes, no me gusta guardar rencores y saber perdonar hace bien al espíritu. Gracias por tus palabras que siempre nos elevan un poco mas , mas cerca de Dios. ♥ Querido Amigo ♥ Que hoy tengas un día maravilloso. Que la luz te acompañe siempre. Despertar es dejar de dormir, no dejar de soñar. ♥¡Feliz fin de semana!♥ ♥Abrazos y te dejo besitos♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥GRACIAS♥♥♥♥♥♥
TRANSLATION: Dear friend, forgiveness is for great souls. I don't like to hold grudges, and knowing how to forgive is good for the spirit. Thank you for your words, which always lift us a little higher, closer to God. ♥ Dear Friend ♥ Have a wonderful day today. May the light always be with you. Waking up means stopping sleeping, not stopping dreaming. ♥ Happy weekend! ♥ ♥ Hugs and kisses ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥ THANK YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you so much, Liz, for your kind words. Yes, forgiving others is a duty and responsibility for us all. Best wishes always and God bless you and your family.
"Forgiveness is an action, not a feeling." Wow, that's powerful. My hardest moments are often unbidden memories which trigger ill-will. I like that Max Lucado says in my daily devotional (in part) -- "Give the grace you've been given. You don't endorse the deeds of your offender when you do. Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But grace chooses to see God's forgiveness even more. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows."
That's the difficult struggle, Mevely; when we consciously make the decision, (take the action), to forgive someone and then a memory is triggered in our mind and we get upset, angry even, all over again. Does that negate our act of forgiveness? Is our upset at a hurt done to us mean that our forgiveness does not count? Or is it an opportunity to forgive all over again?
Jesus forgives again and again when He sees the scars on His hands and feet and side.
thecontemplativecat here. The theme from Exodus is perfect. I forgive so that I can be forgiven. The ones that are hardest to forgive are things that happened in my childhood with a father who suffered from so many mental issues. I have to forgive him every day. The saddest day was when he was dying. He had not asked his sons' forgiveness for the hell he unleashed on them. What can I do, Victor?
It's nice to see you visiting here again, Susan. Thank you so much. The theme from Exodus was the intro and outro music for my radio program years ago. I've discovered some old tapes which I'm transferring to digital recordings.
Regarding your father; my advice is to stop agonising about what happened all those years ago. He is now face to face with God and your father has seen the whole event in all its facets. Whatever he did then is a matter between him and God. All you need do, whenever the memories come back, is to hand over that whole period of your life to God. Tell Him that as far as you possibly can, you have forgiven your father; truly forgiven him. Ask Him to forgive your father in those events/memories where you still hurt. Hand over the whole situation to God and trust Him to deal with it and provide you with healing.
Praying for you and your family. God bless always.
I will deliberately choose to forgive, and if I get mad over again, I will pray and choose to forgive again, until it sticks. It always sticks, sooner or later.
Forgiveness is an action we take. Remembering is a reflex reaction of our emotions. We have memories and sooner or later the memories come back to the times we were hurt; and we hurt again once more. We use these memories to forgive once more - a new action!
...forgiveness is easier than forgetting!
ReplyDeleteNot always, Tom. Some people find it very difficult to forgive.
DeleteGod bless.
Love and kindness always. ❤️
ReplyDeleteGod bless, CM.
DeleteForgiveness isn't a choice, it is a commandment. Blessings, Victor!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Martha. It's also a condition we make when we pray the Lord's Prayer.
DeleteGod bless you.
Hello Victor: This is another book I need to read, I am reading Bitten Apple now, it is a great father Ignatius book.
ReplyDeleteHave an amazing week.
Catherine
Thank you Catherine for your support and also for your AMAZON reviews of my books. VISIONS is the first book I ever wrote - what started me on this journey as author and blogger.
DeleteGod bless you always. Best wishes.
I must thank-you Victor: I love your stories, I plan on reading them all.
DeleteGods Blessings during this amazing Lenten Season.
Catherine
God bless always, Catherine.
DeleteI forgive because I want to be forgiven.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
Amen. Well said.
DeleteGod bless you, Catherine.
Querido amigo, perdonar es de almas grandes, no me gusta guardar rencores y saber perdonar hace bien al espíritu.
ReplyDeleteGracias por tus palabras que siempre nos elevan un poco mas , mas cerca de Dios.
♥ Querido Amigo ♥
Que hoy tengas un día maravilloso.
Que la luz te acompañe siempre.
Despertar es dejar de dormir, no dejar de soñar.
♥¡Feliz fin de semana!♥
♥Abrazos y te dejo besitos♥
♥♥♥♥♥♥GRACIAS♥♥♥♥♥♥
TRANSLATION: Dear friend, forgiveness is for great souls. I don't like to hold grudges, and knowing how to forgive is good for the spirit.
DeleteThank you for your words, which always lift us a little higher, closer to God.
♥ Dear Friend ♥
Have a wonderful day today.
May the light always be with you.
Waking up means stopping sleeping, not stopping dreaming.
♥ Happy weekend! ♥
♥ Hugs and kisses ♥
♥♥♥♥♥♥ THANK YOU ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you so much, Liz, for your kind words. Yes, forgiving others is a duty and responsibility for us all. Best wishes always and God bless you and your family.
"Forgiveness is an action, not a feeling." Wow, that's powerful. My hardest moments are often unbidden memories which trigger ill-will.
ReplyDeleteI like that Max Lucado says in my daily devotional (in part) -- "Give the grace you've been given. You don't endorse the deeds of your offender when you do. Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But grace chooses to see God's forgiveness even more. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows."
That's the difficult struggle, Mevely; when we consciously make the decision, (take the action), to forgive someone and then a memory is triggered in our mind and we get upset, angry even, all over again. Does that negate our act of forgiveness? Is our upset at a hurt done to us mean that our forgiveness does not count? Or is it an opportunity to forgive all over again?
DeleteJesus forgives again and again when He sees the scars on His hands and feet and side.
God bless you, my friend.
thecontemplativecat here. The theme from Exodus is perfect. I forgive so that I can be forgiven. The ones that are hardest to forgive are things that happened in my childhood with a father who suffered from so many mental issues. I have to forgive him every day. The saddest day was when he was dying. He had not asked his sons' forgiveness for the hell he unleashed on them. What can I do, Victor?
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you visiting here again, Susan. Thank you so much. The theme from Exodus was the intro and outro music for my radio program years ago. I've discovered some old tapes which I'm transferring to digital recordings.
DeleteRegarding your father; my advice is to stop agonising about what happened all those years ago. He is now face to face with God and your father has seen the whole event in all its facets. Whatever he did then is a matter between him and God. All you need do, whenever the memories come back, is to hand over that whole period of your life to God. Tell Him that as far as you possibly can, you have forgiven your father; truly forgiven him. Ask Him to forgive your father in those events/memories where you still hurt. Hand over the whole situation to God and trust Him to deal with it and provide you with healing.
Praying for you and your family. God bless always.
I will deliberately choose to forgive, and if I get mad over again, I will pray and choose to forgive again, until it sticks. It always sticks, sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteAmen Mimi, It always sticks, sooner or later.
DeleteGod bless.
Forgiveness is one thing and forgetting is another. I know I must do both!
ReplyDeleteForgiveness is an action we take. Remembering is a reflex reaction of our emotions. We have memories and sooner or later the memories come back to the times we were hurt; and we hurt again once more. We use these memories to forgive once more - a new action!
DeleteGod bless you, Sandie.
If you can't forgive, how can you expect to the forgiven.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Bill. God bless.
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