How do you forgive someone when they sought to destroy you? The underlying question is also WHY? Why forgive?

Forgiveness is not for the transgressor. It’s for the person who was hurt. Our bitterness and anger eats at our mental and emotional wellbeing. It impacts all of our relationships.

You may have heard the saying, “unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping another person dies”. It’s wanting to punish someone else while actually punishing ourselves.

We focus more on the 3 elements needed to forgive in this article. We do that by examining briefly what unforgiveness looks like. Then we look at what happens internally as we forgive.