---WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO LEARN TO FORGIVE?

~~A nail in my tire creates a slow leak; if I don't deal with it, I'm eventually going to end up with a flat tire. I think unforgiveness is a slow leak in our soul, on our spirit. When we have a hard time forgiving someone, it really doesn't hurt that person. It ultimately causes the greatest damage to us. I have a Deuteronomy 29:29 file folder, named for the verses that say the revealed things belong to us, the secret things belong to God.

That basically means there is not going to be a solution to every problem. There's not going to be an answer to every question. There's not going to be reconciliation to every breach that all of us are prone to. When I experience things that feel unforgivable, all I can do is put it in that file and trust God in the process. In years to come, I'll have some revelations about what I put in that folder.
I'll think, 'Okay, I see this differently now. You are in control, Lord.'

--Guideposts/ MB~