Why Decide to Forgive and Let Go?

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.” (Isaiah 43:25, WEB-BE)

They say that forgiveness is not the same as forgetfulness

In my own experience, however, I’ve learned that sometimes, forgiveness involves some sort of forgetfulness. Why? Because as long as you bring to mind the injury that happened, your hurt is renewed over and over again. As long as you refuse to forgive, you imprison yourself to that very moment when you had suffered so much.

It is hard to forgive without letting go

To let go is to not demand what is owed you. To let go is to unburden yourself with the task of trying to make someone else pay for what they have done.

There seems to be an injustice to it, this business of letting go. Why give up what is rightfully yours? Why not go after someone and force him to give you what he is obliged to do in the first place?

The answer is peace

Peace with yourself, with others, and with God. The kind of peace you need so you can move forward and not be shackled by the past transgressions of other people.

Not every battle can be won. There are some things we lose, and some things we must give up. But there are some things worth saving, and our peace of mind is just that. It is something we owe to ourselves, something important to our eternal and priceless soul.

“Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:18-19, WEB)