Mike Stone - The Awesome Power of Forgiveness
January 14, 2024
"Not forgiving someone else doesn't harm them in the slightest, but it plays havoc with us. . . .
It is foolish for us to punish ourselves in the present because someone hurt us in the past."
Makow Disclaimer- There can be no forgiveness of evil unless the evil-doer fully repents.
Forgiveness is evading responsibility to resist and punish evil. Do you really think Anthony Fauci, Donald "Operation Warp speed" Trump, George Soros, Fidelito, Klaws Swab, Bibi Netanyahu and Jacob Rothschild should be forgiven for their crimes against humanity? (except for Fauci, these people are all Jews)
by Mike Stone
(henrymakow.com)
Next to abstaining from sin, the most powerful thing a person can do to not only heal their own life, but also to help heal the planet is to practice the art of forgiveness.
The late author Louise Hay was wrong about a lot of things, but she was 100% right when it came to the subject of forgiveness. Louise credited the power of forgiveness in helping to heal her own cancer.
In her book The Power is Within You, she wrote, "No matter what avenue of spirituality you follow you will usually find that forgiveness is an enormous issue at any time, but most particularly when there is an illness. When we are ill we really need to look around and see who it is we need to forgive. And usually the very person who we think we will never forgive is the one we need to forgive the most. Not forgiving someone else doesn't harm them in the slightest, but it plays havoc with us. . . . It is foolish for us to punish ourselves in the present because someone hurt us in the past."
In the same way that abstaining from sin plays a major role in creating peace in the world, so does forgiving those who have wronged us. By forgiving others we not only heal our own hearts, we heal the world. How ridiculous is it to complain about the slaughter of innocent civilians in a time of war when we ourselves continue to wage war in our hearts by refusing to forgive others?
That old song lyric, "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me," is actually quite right. We've seen what happens when we depend on others to solve the world's problems - we get non-stop wars and the mass murder of children. Isn't it time we took matters into our own hands?
Forgiving others is actually quite easy. It costs nothing and requires us only to release any animosity or desire for revenge we hold towards another person. That it. That's all we have to do.
It doesn't mean not pressing charges if a crime has been committed, or not pursuing legal remedies to a situation, if such an action is called for. It merely means releasing the hate and hostility we hold.
Of course, while we're on the path of forgiving others, it's important to also forgive ourselves. In fact, resistance to forgiving others often stems from an inability to forgive ourselves.
Jesus Did It, So Can You
If Jesus could forgive His enemies from the cross, then who are we to not follow His example and do the same? What right do we have to expect God to forgive us when we refuse to forgive others? If you've ever said the Our Father prayer, then you know that one of the most important lines in it is, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."
While we have an obligation to forgive anyone and everyone who has ever harmed us personally, we are not obligated, nor do we have the right to forgive those who have harmed God.
Those who promote abortion, pornography, homosexuality, the molestation and mutilation of children, or any of a number of other sins are in direct opposition to God. They are God's enemies. We can pray for such people - for their conversion - and doing so is actually a good thing. But it's up to God to forgive them - if He chooses to. Personally, I wouldn't want to be in their shoes and risk suffering the wrath of God.
Practicing forgiveness and abstaining from sin requires one to seek peace from within. It's accessing power from inside, not dissipating one's energy outside in the physical world.
If you're experiencing any type of illness, then practicing forgiveness is mandatory. You simply won't heal while continuing to hold grudges and animosity towards others.
Between abstaining from sin and practicing the art of forgiveness, we possess tremendous personal power; power to heal our own lives and to heal the world. Indeed, one lone individual, abstaining from sin and practicing forgiveness can bring more peace to the world than a thousand politicians.
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Mike Stone is the author of Teen Boy's Success Book: the Ultimate Self-Help Book for Boys; Everything You Need to Know to Become a Man: https://amzn.to/3o
DAS said (January 15, 2024):
The light of day dispels the darkness. It is credible to venture there are a million would-be whistleblowers over time who have failed to expose evil. It is a sin of omission when you KNOW about falsifications and coverups and you looked the other way.
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
We ALL need to repent for our various sins. Example: the porn industry would collapse without millions of customers. That is the only way this nation can survive. God spared the city of Nineveh after the people had put on sack cloth and ashes.