Forgiveness

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When you forgive someone you rob bitterness of its power.Bitterness is like the bite of a snake, it fills a persons heart with poison. If a person chooses to forgive someone who has wronged them, then they can receive the antidote for their bitterness. Sometimes the antidote takes time to work its way through us, because it is a process. Sometimes time itself is insufficient for a cure, and it still requires the work of Christ within us to bring about our healing. In Gods timing all things are possible.
- Randall Nelsen

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