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Learning  how to forgive someone  is much more than just a learned skill or technique. You can learn  how  to forgive someone in a matter of minutes. But getting to the point where you’re  willing  to forgive someone is where the real struggle takes place. Forgiveness is never easy. After all, if someone has hurt or offended you  why  should you forgive them? Especially if they’ve done so intentionally and with malice. Forgiveness is essentially letting go of anger, resentment, or any other intense negative emotions that you may have toward someone that has hurt or offended you. How do you forgive someone that has done the unforgivable? How do you forgive a spouse that has had an affair? How do you forgive an addict that has relapsed yet again? How do you forgive the abuse or neglect of a parent? How do you forgive a friend or co-worker for destroying friendships or your career? How do you forgive an ex-spouse that has destroyed your relationship with your children? How do you forgive ...

Secrets to Forgiveness   Minister Geil Heil learned to heal from trauma in his life and provides secrets to forgiveness. “You can learn to forgive,” says Heil. In his book God Loves Messed Up People, Heil discusses the importance of learning to forgive. Here are three secrets to forgiveness that can help you move forward in life.   Secret 1 Love Yourself When you learn to love yourself, you want the best for yourself. In order to have the best, you learn to put aside everything that makes you feel bad. It’s a process that takes practice, but each day you put bad thoughts and feelings aside, you take one step toward loving yourself. You mentally begin to recognize bad thoughts and dismiss them. Think positive about yourself and watch how negative thoughts get smaller.   Secret 2 Understand that Hurt People, Hurt People Often people that are hurt, end up hurting others. It doesn’t make it easier to forgive them but it does give you an opportunity to put your pain in a different perspecti...

Divine Mercy Explained The Resurrection of Jesus was the most important event in the history of the world.  When the Lord appeared in the 'Upper Room' to the apostles pointing out His wounds, it was to demonstrate He was the Crucified Christ, and to show He had resurrected from the dead. The final proof that He was God. He then bestowed on the apostles the power to forgive sins, which was in effect Divine Mercy coming into the world.   It was the beginning of the Church on earth. In 1931 He appeared as the same image in another room, this time the room of a young nun, again showing His wounds, emphasising the power of those wounds as rays from a font of reconciliation and renewal, rays of love and mercy. This was Divine Mercy, His victory on the Cross, His resurrection, coming into to a very sinful world once again. A world that was about to plunge man into the depths of depravity in a horrific world war.   He asked her to teach the world again of why he died on the Cross to gi...