Forgiveness

"If you forgive someone's sins, they're gone for good. If you don't forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?"

John 20:22-23 MSG

This is the Word that spoke to me this morning. When someone says or does something against me or hurts me, if I forgive them, it's done and I turn my attention to other things, including building a better relationship with the one who offended me. But what got my attention are the next words. If I don't forgive the offense what am I going to do with it? My mind festers, my anger stirs, my imagination takes off in unhealthy directions and I evade that person. I am distracted from engaging my mind and being in positive, good, kind behavior. When around that person my face shows my bad attitude. What am I going to do with the trashy feelings in me??? I really need to mark it off and get on with matters of the present and be the wiser for having the experience.