🤦 An Eye For An Eye Episode SEVEN:

(A STORY OF UNFORGIVENESS WRITTEN BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE)

While I was still nurturing hate towards my offenders and making plans on how to avenge myself, a lot of opportunities came. I met with guys that are obviously bad guys, I started mingling with them so that I would use them as leverage to carry out my revenge plan.

One day, I was in church and there was a teaching on forgiveness, it was as though the pastor that preached knew what was on my mind, as in, he was speaking to me directly. Then I realized that forgiving my offenders is actually for me; so that my heart would be free and I won’t be at risk of hell. I understood that he who forgives does himself a favour, and not the offender.

People of God, you know what? I forgave them, I mean everyone connected to that terrible ordeal. I aborted my revenge plan and I found genuine peace in Christ. Praise the Lord somebody!

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This is not the end of the story, but permit me to digress a little so that I can quickly address a few things before we continue…

From experience, I have observed that people treat offence in three ways:

1. THE FIRST CATEGORY NURTURES UNFORGIVENESS BUT WITHOUT A PLAN TO REVENGE.
   This category suffers most. They give bitterness free accommodation in their hearts and keep hurting. In the long run, they may go down in sickness due to lack of peace and may die, death is not the end o, they will go to hell. Meanwhile, the person that hurt them may not be aware of all they are going through. Imagine such foolishness! …forgive me please.
2. THE SECOND CATEGORY ARE THE ONES THAT NURTURE UNFORGIVENESS AND ALSO PLAN REVENGE.
   This was where I used to be before I got exposed to the knowledge of the light of God. The devil cheated me for a long time, making me believe that the only way I would find peace is after revenge. Lies of the devil! Haven’t you heard of people who commit suicide after taking revenge? You’ll feel worse after revenge oo. Don’t subscribe to the cheap lies of satan.

Make I ask you self…If you get revenge, how are you better than your offender? I know you can do better, you’re a good person, revenge is not for you.

1. THE LAST CATEGORY ARE THE ONES THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY FEEL HURT, THEY FORGIVE ANYWAY.
   This is the category that God expects His children to be. It is okay to feel hurt, but God has given you the grace not to dwell in that mood till satan leverages on it to preach vengeance to you. Forgiveness is another sign of spiritual maturity. If you are finding it difficult to forgive, then you’re still an infant Christian. You need to grow!

Well, I understand that If some of us are to narrate the evil that people have done to us, even death is not enough judgement for such wickedness. But we MUST forgive anyway. For a child of God, forgiveness is not optional, forgiveness is not a choice, forgiveness is God’s commandment.

Let me quickly add this one; IT IS THE LIE OF THE DEVIL THAT EVEN IF A PERSON FORGIVES, HE CANNOT FORGET. It is very possible please. But bear in mind that forgetting does not mean the memories of the event will be wiped out and you won’t be able to recall even if you try. If that happens to you, you’re probably suffering from amnesia. You should see a doctor ASAP.

If need be, just the way I’m doing now, you would still be able to remember and even talk about an offence committed against you, but talking about it won’t hurt you. The memories won’t make you feel bad and the memories won’t unnecessarily reoccur in your thoughts. When you have gotten to this stage, you have forgiven and forgotten ✌️👍🏻💪

Like now, I have forgiven and forgotten everything that Hook up Hantie and others did to me, but I want people to learn from my experience, and abort all sorts of revenge missions, that is why I am sharing. If I can find Hook up Auntie today, whatever God lays in my heart to do for her, of course, I will gladly do it!

TO BE CONTINUED.