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Friday, October 6 2006

The Study of Unforgiveness

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Not long ago Newsweek reported on one of the hottest fields in clinical psychology. It’s the study of unforgiveness.

Withholding forgiveness can lead to bitterness, rage, and hostility; which in turn can lead to physical ailments such as high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, and heart disease.

That reminds me of one of Jesus’ parables in which a servant who had been forgiven much refused to show mercy to a fellow servant. The Bible tells us that in the end the unforgiving servant was handed over to “tormentors.”

I think we too may experience tormentors when we refuse to forgive. Those tormentors can be things like chronic physical ailments.

Forgiving someone won’t guarantee a pain-free life. But I can’t help but wonder how much pain we might be spared if we would choose forgiveness instead of bitterness.

With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss.

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