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Unforgiveness Is Poison—How to Let Go and Find Peace
Letting go of unforgiveness and resentment
How do you let go of unforgiveness and find peace? This reflection explains why resentment keeps the wound alive—and why forgiveness is a path toward freedom.
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[0:00] Forgiveness is poison to the soul.
[0:03] And when you release that, give it up,
[0:06] say Lord, you handle the punishment. I'm
[0:09] done
[0:10] with that. I forgive them.
[0:13] Then that poison leaves.
[0:14] Someone
[0:15] does not want your forgiveness, you
[0:18] don't have to forgive them. But don't
[0:19] live with the anger. If that's what you
[0:21] have in there, this this
[0:24] resentment, then go ahead and forgive.
[0:26] That way there's peace for you. They
[0:28] don't want forgiveness, don't think they
[0:30] need to be forgiven,
[0:32] and you do it anyway,
[0:34] that's more merit for you.
[0:35] More peace for you. Because the Lord, no
[0:38] one was asking forgiveness
[0:40] at the foot of the cross, all the people
[0:42] who had who had crucified him, who had
[0:45] convicted him.
[0:46] They were all laughing and mocking him.
[0:48] He still forgave him, even though they
[0:49] didn't ask for forgiveness. Fact that
[0:51] your heart was already oriented towards
[0:53] desiring that
Music credits
Music: “The Angels Weep” by Audionautix Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: https://audionautix.com/

