Don't confuse forgiveness and trust

by Paul
(Minnesota)

Don't confuse forgiveness and trust. Forgiveness is something that I have to do for myself. I need to let go. If I hold on to what the other person has done to me, the debt they owe me, I become bitter.

Someone has said that bitterness is the poison I drink trying to hurt someone else. I have found that true. That doesn't mean I have to or should trust that person. That would be stupid.