TO FORGIVE

So I ask the Lord, "Lord do I have to continue to have those who have sinned against me in my space?" 

And the understanding came. 

We have a God given right to use our free will to choose. 

As a child of God Most High who has chosen to believe on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, we are therefore responsible for putting into practice that which we know to be true, as the Holy Spirit gives us the understanding.

Jesus told the apostles in Luke 17:3,4 if someone wrongs them they are to first rebuke that person, meaning, tell them the truth about how their actions hurt them. 

Depending on the heart of that person, if what the apostles have expressed to him causes him to repent and ask for forgiveness then they are to be forgiven.

 Jesus went on to say,  if someone wrongs them seven times in a day and seven times in a day returns and repents for what he did they are to forgive him."

 Therefore after someone has wronged us and we have let them know how we felt, if they ask forgiveness and we forgive the wrong yet they wrong us again, when they return, we have a choice to either be available for that person, opening ourselves up to be wronged again. 

Or set boundaries on how we relate with that person. 

We are still to grant forgiveness but if we choose to be available as we were when we were wronged the first time then that choice brings with it forgiveness, as if we were never wronged.

What are you available for that you shouldn't be?