Forgiving or just suppressing anger?

[mphill85]

Not too long ago today I found out that someone hacked my X-Box Live account and made a purchase of over $100 towards Microsoft points and then transferred them to their account. I’ve already contacted X-Box support and they’ve started an investigation into it. I contact my bank tomorrow since they’re closed today.

Right now I’m a little upset that such a thing happened to me though I had a feeling that it would happen. Thankfully its just a small amount and that they didn’t get into my actual bank account.

So yeah a little upset this happened. I haven’t gotten up and started pacing around my apartment, ranting and cursing at the top of my lungs. But how do I know I’ve truly forgiven this individual and that I’m not bottling up my negative emotions to have it later spill out?

 

[karow]

So yeah a little upset this happened. I haven’t gotten up and started pacing around my apartment, ranting and cursing at the top of my lungs. But how do I know I’ve truly forgiven this individual and that I’m not bottling up my negative emotions to have it later spill out?

If you don’t want these negative emotions to bubble up later, it’s best to do what you can right now to protect youself. And it sounds to me like you everything everything in your power to catch the theft, report it, and get what’s yours back.

Say a prayer for the anonymous hacker that one day they’ll grow a conscience and realize that robbing people online is just as bad as robbing them in real life. Theft is theft. Period.

(An aside, if you want to be angry, get mad at Miscosoft for not keeping their patches updated. ).

 

[Robert_Sock]

For many, forgiveness is a difficult virtue to master. When we learn the power and wisdom of forgiveness, we are bound to have reached an advanced level of spiritual maturity. Regardless the nature of any possible abuse that we may have endured, nor the severity of that abuse, full recovery from abuse cannot be achieved until we truly forgive our abuser(s). Any anger or resentment we hold within us, live and thrive within us, and become a part of our very self. We will never rid ourselves of this anger and resentment until we experience true forgiveness towards all. Seeing our tormentors suffer a thousand times over will only add to our own misery.

On the other hand, to endure unnecessary torment and misery is never righteous, but a perversion. Also, the righteousness of forgiveness should never involve our condoning abuse or any other forms of evil.

True forgiveness requires our valuing peace and love above all else. Experiencing forgiveness towards those who have wronged us resembles perfect love more so than perhaps any other human experience. Forgiveness involves recognizing and valuing the potential for love that exists within every human soul, including our own soul. Sins cannot be completely forgiven until we forgive, and find an inner peace with, everyone who has ever wronged us; for every ounce of anger and resentment that we hold against any other(s), there will surely exist an ounce of sin held against us – for harboring anger and resentment within our self is sin.

The Golden Rule states, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you!” Our forgiving everyone, especially those we consider our enemies or adversaries, is to demonstrate to God that we are worthy of His forgiveness. Likewise, to find love for all our enemies and adversaries is to demonstrate to God that we have suffered long enough with our hatred, and we are ready to receive His love.

Again, to experience the true power and wisdom contained within the virtue of forgiveness is to develop great spiritual growth!

 

[Anthony_V]

Forgiveness is a virtue we will be working on all through out our entire lives. It releases us from anger, angst, and despair: It fills us with love, joy, and faith.
We become angry over theft when we are attached to something that is not God, and it is taken away. It makes us greedy, and sometimes we neglect the idea that the object (virtual or not) was less valuable than the thief.
Pray for who ever hacked your account, because their sins have caused them spiritual grief. Pity the fool; Make amends to search for uncharitable imperfections in your own self. Examine your conscience so that you won’t be uncharitable to others. Push back against the very evil that has been committed!

 

[bevsue]

What every one has said here is terrific. For myself I’d have to say a situation like this should be prayed about and handled right away and I think a person would be truly forgiving and dealing with it properly then. However the suppressing anger question I find interesting since that has on occasion been a problem I’ve had, and if anyone has any pointers I’d be most grateful. The anger thing seems to occur with deeper more personal wounds that I think I’ve forgiven already but somehow keep coming up even years later. I realize some of this might just be the devil “yanking my chain” about something I’m already free of, or the Lord showing me I still have issues about it I need to take care of, but it can be discouraging and frustrating. If anyone has any thoughts to share…? Thanks!.