Forgiveness is a choice
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing’” (Luke 23:34 NIV). Despite the overwhelming rejection and physical pain, Jesus made the decision to forgive.
Sometimes we might hesitate to forgive someone because we don’t feel very forgiving toward them. We might still feel a great deal of anger toward them. So we examine our emotional state and decide we are not in any condition to forgive.
We buy into the error that forgiveness is a feeling.
Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling. It is about choosing to cancel a debt owed to us. Yes, we might feel that someone owes us an apology, or that they should make up for what they have done to us.
But forgiveness is releasing them from that debt and giving up the right to be treated fairly by them.
Our feelings may cry out against the whole idea of forgiveness. Still, we can choose. This mirrors what God did when he chose to forgive us.

(adapted from the book The Hurt & the Healer by Andrew Farley and Bart Millard) 
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