Forgiveness

has been bothering you and instead of holding a grudge, take that time and spend it on treating yourself, you deserve that peace. This is just one of the many examples of how not forgiving can hurt you a lot more than you think. Forgiveness will set you free. Forgiveness is for the strong, it shows how much strength you have, and how you managed to pull through a hard time. Holding a grudge always makes us feel bitterness and hatred when you can leave that behind and move on, your life will…

These are just only three of the teachings Morrie gave to Mitch. Morrie knows how forgiveness, death, and showing emotions feels like. Morrie is a wise man who is sick and wants to give one last class to his final student. Morrie made sure that Mitch understood each and every lesson Morrie had told him about. Forgiving others is an important…

Values are principles and standards that determine the degree of worth or merit of an object or act. (ERIC, 1966). It doesn’t matter where we are born and raised, we have been taught certain standards to live by. “Nevertheless, true Christian values, reflecting acceptance of Jesus Christ as one’s Lord and Savior, anchor religious and spiritual values to biblical standards.” (Hollinger). Growing up my mom taught me to be humble, to forgive, be respectful, be honest and to have self-control. I…

who forgave her son’s killer, Oshea Israel. After that, the woman even invited the killer to live next door as a neighbor. My real life example of mercy is when the woman in the story forgave her son’s killer. This story teaches us that we need forgiveness today because if we fail to forgive, people will have wars and arguments everyday with different people. The woman was Mrs. Mary Johnson, who forgave her son’s killer, Oshea Israel. Oshea Israel was at the age of 16 when he shot Mrs. Johnson’s…

definition. In the sense of the bible the idea forgiveness begins to become more in depth. A definition for forgiveness could be -- giving up my right to hurt you, for hurting me. It is impossible to live on this fallen planet without getting hurt, offended, misunderstood, lied to, and rejected. Learning how to respond properly is one of the basics of the Christian life. This definition speaks to the actions…

meet a SS Nazi soldier who was close to death. This SS Nazi soldier surprisingly told Wiesenthal, a Jew in the Holocaust, about all the crimes and death he has done and then he asked for forgiveness for all the people he has killed or potentially hurt. The author Wiesenthal never replied to the plea for forgiveness. Instead, he remained silent and he left .Years later, Wiesenthal shared this story to others and asked their opinions on how they would have fought his battle. Simon Wiesenthal…

Mender shows that forgiveness is not an easy task to complete. It is not as easy to forgive and forget like most would say. Learning to forgive is a great lesson everyone needs. Forgiveness is probably one of the hardest things to do. Before forgiveness comes into play someone has to do, or something has to go wrong. It consumes the whole heart and mind. It does not just happen, a lot has to go on in the heart and mind before people are able to forgive anything. Forgiveness takes time, it…

relationship. Many people think that forgiveness is an action, but it is not. Forgiveness is an attitude or mindset. To truly forgive someone, or yourself, you don’t have to forget about what happened because then you couldn’t learn from it. Simply move on and drop all bad feelings for this person, maybe even try to understand why they said or did what they did. Although some may believe that other character traits may have a larger effect on positive relationships, forgiveness is the most…

Repentance Makes Forgiveness Possible To understand the magnitude of the German soldier’s war crime one needs to examine the soldier’s graphic description of it and to enter into it with one’s own imagination. “…Behind the windows of the second floor, I saw a man with a small child in his arms. His clothes were alight. By his side stood a woman, doubtless the mother of the child. With his free hand the man covered the child’s eyes…then he jumped into the street. Seconds later the mother followed…

In The Glass Castle, the author named Jeannette Walls thinks of a plan to aright a bended Joshua tree that she sees in the Desert. The tree that Jeannette discovers grows sideways due to the harsh weather conditions and struggles to survive every day. Jeannette’s mother tells her to leave the tree how it is because it is “the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty” (Walls 45). Similarly, the tree symbolizes Jeannette’s life. Both of these living creatures are negatively impacted by…