Hatred: What to do with those feelings?

So we have decided to live under the will of God, but we don’t know how to manage these feelings. What should we do? What if those feelings creep into our hearts and how do we get rid of them?

I think the bottom line is that we need to understand the concept of loving your neighbor as yourself. If we do something wrong that could cause someone to be angry at us, purposely or not, we would want forgiveness, no matter how heinous our crime was. Most important, if we want to live a life in Christ we want his forgiveness, therefore regardless of what has been done to us we need to forgive and give it to God. I know it’s easier said than done.

I think part of the reason why is so hard to forgive others transgressions is because we see their offense towards us bigger than the offenses we commit. We are wrong. We need to ask God to teach us how to live and see though his eyes and all sins are equal in the eyes of God. So, if the transgressions we commit are equal as the ones committed against us, if we would like to be forgiven we need to forgive.

The other reason why we should free ourselves from anger, fear, hostility and hatred is because that’s only a prison for ourselves. It is us who keep poisoning our souls, forfeiting joy and blocking our blessings due to resisting letting go.

You may say to me is that you have forgiven, but every time you remember the person or the situation you get angry again. That’s when the scripture that says that we should forgive seventy times seven comes into play. It means that every time we feel the sting of the offense we need to forgive again and again until that root of bitterness leaves us for good.

In Growth Lessons, I was reminded of this beautiful truth: Our walk with the Lord is a process of growing up into the image of Christ. P. Yates

I would recommend this book for anyone who would like some common sense and light added to their life. C. Cunningham

Great for meditations and daily devotions. N. Thames