You either forgive or you do not. If you forgive, you move on. Clinging to the hurt, the anger, the rage, or the tribal perception of infidelity may make one feel powerful, in control, or protected, but it is actually signaling a desire to not be Christ like. It is a desire for more than Christ allows for those who chose to become Christ like. Forgiveness is essential in politics, religion, and life. Forgiveness does not mean many things. But it does mean forgiveness and that, in turn, means one must choose to move on and not linger. Christ Jesus, after moving on from forgiving, no longer lingered on the cross, but died and conquered death. For too many, lingering and refusing to forgive makes us feel alive and powerful. But we have to die to sleights and rage to fully live as we are meant by Christ to live.
Source: To A Conscience Pricked More Than Christ's On the Cross
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