The Importance Of Forgiveness Essay

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Forgiveness is hard. Forgiving is letting go of angry feelings someone or something causes you to have. Without letting go of those feelings, one might allow the feelings to build up and cause a revengeful attitude to form. Revenge is taking out your anger in a sinful or aggressive manner. Forgiving someone is not pushing your feelings aside or making excuse to conquer the underlying feelings. It is the talking and resolving of issues to form a happy demeanor. Most see forgiveness as a simple thing to do. It is actually one of the easiest thing to do, but in contrary, it is one of the hardest things to understand fully. In my life, I tend to live life to please myself, not to please others. I love the verse Ephesians 4:32 which states: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” If my lord can forgive me of my wrong doings and sin, then I am capable to forgive others of their sins. Most people have hard situations where they are torn between planning forgiveness and planning for revenge.
The wife of the new family tried to forcefully make joseph have sexual relations with her. She sent the family away for the day being, and made a plan to get Joseph alone. Joseph, knowing that this act would be wrong, he said no and had to escape. When the family returned, the wife accused Joseph of trying to rape her. Therefore, Joseph is sent off to prison. While he was in prison, his cellmates have dreams that Joseph then interrupted for them. Likewise, the interruption was correct, and he was idealized for it. Once the king had a dream, they remembered Josephs talent and called for him to interrupt. Joseph saw the dreams as 7 years of an abundance of food and water and then 7 years of famine. The King listened to Joseph and saved food for the next 7 years to prepare for the famine. Once the interpretation came true, the King now named Joseph the ruler of

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