Keeping out negative thoughts  

I've been there, too. I've been haunted also. We are all afraid of the unknown future. None of us are alone. We definitely cannot blame God, man, or Satan for any of the hurt that we've been through. I know for a fact that I have put myself right in the middle of a whole bunch of unnecessary drama. Yes, there are always other forces at work that we have no control over. But it is always our own choices that set our own journey into motion. Every day will always have ups and downs. Forgiveness definitely has the power to free ourselves from pain and help us to move on and to recover. I also know that it truly does work. Definitely, if you let a negative situation eat at you and your soul, then it has complete control over you and your life and you will have no enjoyment. What an amazing post. God bless you, too.

Most people have had so many sufferings that are unmentionable in there lives and they wonder why? With regard to suffering, counselling does help but< i amnow speaking from experience, once you begin to talk about the problem then you are beginning to heal.

It took me three years of daily prayer - I used to pray to God that I would feel the need to forgive the person who hurt me as a child so very badly. It took 3 years to genuinly feel that I wanted to forgive and then more years passed before I realised that I had forgiven.

Yes, we have to take responsibility for our decisons but the bad things that happend to us did not come from God. Only good things come from God. The bad things came because of our own bad decisons or because of the sins of other people towards us. We all have free choice and I am sure that our God weeps at what peole to to people. I know thst I have not expressed my thoughts coherently but I am leaving for home now and I am so very tired. wish that I could give you a hug. Blessings!