Personal Essay: How Can An Enemy Be Forgiven?

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Forgive your Enemy!!!
Yes, I can understand your question, how can an enemy be forgiven? I you had read these verses from bible you would understand, Mathews 5:44, “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who prosecute you”, another verse says, “If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, if he is thirsty, give him water to drink”. And now you may question how can I forget all the pain my enemy has given, and how can I pray for him/her? I would like to share my experiences on how these phrases helped me to get out my depression.

During my second year of college I met this guy, he was good looking, smart and intelligent. He was my college senior who had passed out and was working with an ITES company then.
We met during an alumni meet which the current students of the college were organizing and I was part of
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I was worried for him, maybe he is having tough time at job or any family issues and decided to stop calling him till he is fine, but months passed likewise, I was getting annoyed. All our classmates had planned for a night out. On that night all of us were sleeping in the same room, and my close friend who was well aware of my relationship was sleeping next to me since I don’t sleep until 2.a.m, I was watching videos with headset in my tab, Around 1.a.m, I heard a vibration sound, it was from my friend’s mobile, she had a call. I took the phone and when I was about to wake her up, I noticed the phone number she was receiving the call from, it was from the guy who is in relationship with me, Still I woke her up pretended I didn’t even look at the phone and lied down, she spoke with for the next two hours, and I was crying inside my sheets. From their conversation I was sure they are getting along, and they had met several times before. I was terrified, the next day morning I didn’t speak to anyone and just left to my home, the following days were the

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