Forgiveness

I often wonder how do we forgive those who knowingly hurt us and say things that are against us. I was riding in my car today and I pulled up beside a couple. This couple was cursing and fussing, calling each other every name,but a child of God. I nicely rolled up my window and began to wonder. If someone said those things to you what would you do? Could you love someone who literally say you are a worthless person? How do the children in that relationship feel? I then proceed to go on to my husband's uncle funeral. As I listen to the preacher, I realized that forgiveness is a must, we must learn to love those who purposely misuse us. Because the human part of me is constantly saying, there is no way, I would put up with this or that. There is a part of me that is saying, in order to be like Christ, I must learn to look past other faults. It is my belief that we do not have to live in an environment like this, but we must learn to forgive the person and move on. I don't know what happened after I left the red light, but I prayed for the couple and asked that God would give them the strength to endure and to forgive them for the words that they used that cut not only their spirit, but my spirit. I was also reminded of the times when my husband and I are not in agreement and I asked God to make me worthy, by keeping my tongue free of words that would not edify my husband. Today I learned from someone else's mistake and I pray that it will be a lesson I will always remember.