FORGIVENESS

What precisely does forgiveness mean?  Are there specific things you forgive or are certain things unforgivable?  Does forgiving means to forget or does forgetting means to forgive.  Some of us must validate, analyze, and make considerations when using or implementing the word forgiveness. Do we all harbor the capacity to forgive or do we all walk around with hurt and contempt for those who have hurt us in some way?  Biblically speaking, God has overlooked our transgressions time and time again.  Historically society has indirectly taught us to memorialize our hurt with despair and pain. 

When you think about 911 and other catastrophic events that have happened here in America and on this earth. For the most part, if we haven’t caused the hurt or transgression, we have selectively memorialized and commemorated these events every year. By doing so are we really allowed to heal?  Or by anticipating this occurrence every year, prevents us from being able to reconcile and move onward? It’s a wonder we are leading the world in depression cases, medications and suicides.  For the most part, when it comes to your health and sanity, I have confidence that we all should forgive, but not necessarily forget. But it does us all so much injustice if we harbor the spirit of unforgiveness. This is solely because it will eventually begin to permeate and eternally disintegrate our capacity for happiness. Furthermore, causing sickness by consuming our mind, body, and soul.

 When it comes to the body, especially under stressful conditions, the ability to combat the elevating cortisol proliferating through our bodies becomes harder and harder. Although cortisol can be beneficial, if elevated consistently it can eventually produce glucose subsequently leading to higher blood sugar levels, or even worse increasing the risk of type two diabetes. Weight gain and obesity can also be the results of increased cortisol levels.

 Forgiveness is vital for our health and happiness. However, if the hurt from the transgressor continues to happen, it most definitely will prevent you from adequately healing and moving on. Kind of like sticking your finger into an open wound time and time again. Those wounds will prolong forgiveness furthermore if continued; you will never heal, eventually turning into an ulcer or tumor consuming all your inner peace, happiness, and serenity or worst, cancer.

Bottom line when you harbor unforgiveness, it affects you and eats away like venom from a snake or spider. In conclusion, you owe it to yourself to forgive and move on. If a transgressor continues their cruel ways, forgive, move on, and never, ever forget!!!