Forgiveness

When we feel a sense of being forgiven, why is it that we cannot then become forgivers of others who have done whatever, that we felt was wrong or hurtful to us? After being forgiven, there is a brief moment of feeling good about ourselves. But soon enough we seem to get on about our business of Self. We slip into grousing, complaining and murmuring, i.e. a lot of internal dialogue.

I think that God forgives us so that we can go on to forgive others. People are imperfect. They indeed do bad things. People can be hurtful. It is our response that will change us, even if it does not change them one iota.