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The importance of forgiving
During our lifetime it is a certainty that people will disappoint us or that we will have disagreements with them . Sometimes this happens with the people we are closest to . Monique shares with us how she once reacted when people caused her pain .
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held grudges against my friends and anyone that would hurt me . Instead of speaking about the situation and asking them if they were aware of how they had made me feel , I would ignore them and speak very negatively about them to others .
This made me feel better for a while because I thought they would experience a similar pain to mine , but in fact , it made me feel worse .
Someone invited me to a 10am , Sunday meeting , at the HelpCentre . And through that , I started to attend the youth group , which I was frequently invited to . I then began attending the Wednesday , Friday and Sunday meetings .
Firstly , I had to accept that I needed to forgive others , because the only person being hurt was me . This was hard because I thought I had a right to hold a grudge against those who hurt me , but this wasn ’ t helping me to grow in my faith . Today , I no longer hold grudges against my friends and I ’ m also free from bitterness and hatred .
Monique Craib McKenzie
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