The Healing Powers of
Forgiveness
My belief is forgiveness and its
ability to heal the wronged person’s bitterness and anger against the person
who wronged them.
An example of forgiveness I have
seen today is in the life of my friend. She is being discriminated against
socially, physically, educationally, and emotionally because of her disability.
Socially, my friend often makes bad
first impressions on other people. They think she is rude because she seems to ignore
them. Sometimes people think that she is dumb or stupid. Because of this, people
are not willing to try to become friends.
Physically, people frequently think
this girl cannot do simple chores such as watching children, cooking food and
even following the directions. They assume that she could not drive a car or
operating machines.
Educationally, people often assume she
cannot to learn or be taught. They believe that she is not capable of more than
a fifth grade education. People have asked her parents questions such as can
their daughter read.
Finally emotionally, my friend feels
as if others look down on her. She often feels frustrated and angry with these
people who have wrong assumptions about her. She feels these people are slowly
destroying her in mentality and emotionality.
Now after hearing the story, this
friend happens to be me. I want to change the negatives into positives in my
life. As God has forgiven me, I have learned to forgive these people who hurt
me deeply and do not hold their behavior against them. I use the healing powers
of forgiveness to heal my grudges and bitterness. Because of that I feel much
better and willing to help to inform and educate people.
That why I believe in forgiveness.
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