What should I do...

[doggiedynasty]

This forgiveness BS.

Sometimes...that's what I think, I dislike forgiveness because it is challenging. Should I forgive someone who is a compulsive liar and a deceitful person?

It's Sunday, so that means, Sunday is Church. In the Bible, Jesus Christ was flesh and blood, walking on Earth; he was born like a human and was the most humble person ever. He could forgive because he had the power to change people. Those who changed are the ones who ask for it and bowed to Jesus.

But...I am not Jesus.

Being less angry would make me healthy, but I hate it when I'm seen as a bad person because I'm distrustful.

I also dislike it when you betray trust. What should I do?

One thing is needed to change your character is dedication. Those men and woman who were called sinners in the Bible, they dedicated themselves to one person.

Things may be...more "difficult" now. Or maybe less mystical, but I yet a reason to trust this one person. Now after many years of tension.

Comments

[alice-the-raven.livejournal.com]

I can empathize with your situation. I've had a couple of significant issues with someone I felt betrayed my trust. I don't always forgive someone either. If someone shows some sense of being sorry and trying to make up for it, I can usually forgive. If someone goes on being a snot I don't forgive. Unfortunately, it usually weighs more on me than it does on them because it does eat at me. The government is also a wonderful place to work if someone is a rotten apple as they will almost always be rewarded and promoted so it eats at me even more to see them benefit from their evil. I usually tend to try and undermine them by quietly spreading the truth about their behavior to everyone. You're right, it is a difficult thing.

[alice-the-raven.livejournal.com]

Oh, and love your icon! Soooo kawaii!

[arkadelos.livejournal.com]

There is a difference between forgiveness and welcoming a person into your life. By this, I mean that you can forgive a person and continue to ban a person in your life. Even though Jesus begged His Father to forgive the people who nailed Him onto the cross, many of them suffered the damnation and alienation of Hell simply because they refused to accept Him. If those people who cruxified Him had changed their ways and repented, then they would have entered Heaven even after the cruxifying.

And speaking from personal experience, sometimes it is better to walk away from a bad relationship when bad feelings continue to exist for time to calm us down and heal the wounds. I needed to walk away from a family member for years because of numerous disappointments. If this person who hurt you so much demands on being in your life, then that person is not being understanding or sympathetic to you.

Forgiveness means not holding a grudge. So, you can forgive someone without wanting to be around that individual. And you are a good person for not wanting to associate with someone who has behaved badly and who has yet to change.