Forgiveness

Somebody did you wrong.
What is your first reaction?
Hurt?  "I thought you were my friend?"
Unbelief?  "Why would you say that?  How could you do that to me?"
Anger?  Vengeance?  Bitterness?  Holding a grudge?
The core question:  How long will you torment yourself by someone else's actions?
Because that is the true result of a trespass when you get right down to it.
Nelson Mandela once said, "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for it to kill your enemy."
Unforgiveness only hurts ourselves.  We imprison ourselves with emotions.
And I know that from personal experience.  
Unforgiveness will cripple your soul.  The only way to move forward is to let go and forgive.  I had to come to a realization that when someone does me wrong, God Knows.  He saw the whole thing.  He heard the whole conversation.  He saw the smirk the person gave you, heard the unkind words spoken to you.  He knows.  Let Him take care of it.
So what do we do?
Ephesians 4:32 says, "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
It's not easy.   But when you do what is right according to God's Word, your heart will follow and will heal. 
After all, shouldn't we forgive for the simple fact that we, ourselves, have been forgiven? 

"Forgiveness-when God buries our sins and does not mark the grave."  Louis Paul Lehman

I don't know about you, but I want to leave yesterday's offenses behind, so I can move forward.....but, that's just me.