Dear Diary,
The most important thing to me is forgiveness, but at the same time it’s one of the hardest things. I don’t struggle a lot with it anymore but I did, so I understand how it can be difficult. A person is not defined by a single action, so to hate someone as a whole over something they did is just silly. Perhaps they continuously do you wrong, well don’t we all continuously sin? God forgives us every time, we have unlimited chances. Which doesn’t mean you take advantage of them but they’re there because he loves us. So I encourage you all to love your peers and allow God to work through you. Luke 17:3-4 says, “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”
Hate builds from resentment but how could you hate someone who’s just as flawed as you? The key is to not focus your mind and heart on the bad but rather the good because there are good and bad in everyone. Maybe it’s harder to see the good in certain people but I promise you it’s there. God will help open your heart to it if you allow him to, I promise.
The most important thing to me is forgiveness, but at the same time it’s one of the hardest things. I don’t struggle a lot with it anymore but I did, so I understand how it can be difficult. A person is not defined by a single action, so to hate someone as a whole over something they did is just silly. Perhaps they continuously do you wrong, well don’t we all continuously sin? God forgives us every time, we have unlimited chances. Which doesn’t mean you take advantage of them but they’re there because he loves us. So I encourage you all to love your peers and allow God to work through you. Luke 17:3-4 says, “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”
Hate builds from resentment but how could you hate someone who’s just as flawed as you? The key is to not focus your mind and heart on the bad but rather the good because there are good and bad in everyone. Maybe it’s harder to see the good in certain people but I promise you it’s there. God will help open your heart to it if you allow him to, I promise.