THERE IS A METHOD TO MY FORGIVING. AND THAT IS...FORGIVE WITH 'WISDOM'. IN OTHER WORDS...DON'T BE FOOLISH AND ALLOW SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT CHANGED TO REPEAT AN OFFENSE. SO THEN, YES...WE MUST FORGIVE, FOR GOD HAS FORGIVEN US SO MUCH AND, AS YOU HAVE STATED, SET US FREE! HOWEVER, GOD FORGIVES US WITH 'CONTRITE, TRUE REPENTANCE'. SO, REMEMBER...WHEN YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO FORGIVE...THE PERPETRATOR MAY NOT HAVE REPENTED AT ALL AND IS STILL THE SAME PERSON. I WOULD FORGIVE, BUT KEEP A 'HEALTHY DISTANCE' FROM SUCH A PERSON, KEEPING THEM IN PRAYER. DO YOUR PART AND LEAVE THEM TO GOD...TO DO HIS PART WHICH IS WHAT YOU CANNOT DO. ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE A PERSON. AMEN. THANKS FOR SHARING, JOHN...ENJOYED. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

It might be another way to view acts as part of individual freedom rather than having to call them sin in the first place. And then have to forgive them. I'm not writing about heinous acts of murder, torture or worse, but those unrighteous blame placed on acts that are only human arm not harmful.

Ron