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Unforgiveness Is Poison—How to Let Go and Find Peace #Shorts

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

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Music: “The Angels Weep” by Audionautix Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: https://audionautix.com/