| Why Help Your Loved One to Forgive Others? |
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ARTICLE SUMMARY Pain from emotional wounds we received from others, especially at the end of life, may show itself as physical pain. The best way to remove this type of pain is to forgive others for their words or actions Why should your loved one forgive others?
Simply say “I forgive you”. Great relief is then afforded to your own soul, as well as the person you are forgiving. “I will forgive you, but not forget” – is that true forgiveness? Is that the message we want God to convey to us at our moment of death, when we are judged for the things we have said and done during our lives? As a trusted family member or friend, by helping those facing the end of life you will be able to heal yourself from past burdens. True forgiveness will bring abut a complete freeing from emotional pain received in the past – we must let it go before it is too late. Why help your loved one to Forgive others? FULL ARTICLE Pain from emotional wounds we received from others - things others should not have said or done - may show itself as physical pain. The best way to remove this type of pain is to forgive them for their words or actions. Forgiveness is necessary to heal the old wounds that we have received, and to clear our own soul, so that when it is time to face our Creator we will be judged by Him as we have judged others. This teaching from the bible is in the Our Father prayer that Jesus taught us “forgive us our sins as we forgive those who trespass against us”. That is why it is so important to seek forgiveness now – we do not know the time of our death. That is why near the end of life all important matters should take on a sense of urgency, a need to get things done before we die. The key to forgiving others is once again a sincere heart. It may be hard to forgive others, especially when we are still in pain from the words or actions done to us. If your loved one hurt you, however, don’t you feel an urgency to put this matter behind you? Trust your feelings on this matter – the urgency you feel is a gift, forcing you to bring this matter to a close before it is too late. If you can say these simple words “I forgive you”, great relief is afforded to your own soul, as well as the person you are forgiving. What if they don’t remember what harm was caused? Forgive them anyway, but try to avoid an argument over who did what. I have often heard “I will forgive you, but not forget” – is that true forgiveness? Is that the message we want God to convey to us at our moment of death, when we are judged for the things we have said and done during our lives? Forgiveness is a complete freeing from emotional pain received in the past – let it go before it is too late. |