I was perusing my copy of this months "ENJOYING Everyday LIFE" which is a Joyce Meyer mailing. In Ask Joyce, Bob says..."If someone continually offends you, do you keep on forgiving them or should you avoid them? Joyce replies, "Bob, When you make the godly decision to forgive, it does not mean that you need to be around the person that continues to hurt you. You must be willing to leave your anger and unforgiveness behind, but you do not hae to stay in the path of hurt. You forgive in obedience to God and to help the other person. I also don't believe that you can have complete restoration of a relationship without repentance. If someone offends you repeatedly, they may not be repentant for their behavior. Forgiveness is not complete if they won't recieve it. If they never admit to doing anything wrong and won't come to you to say 'I am sorry, please forgive me,' you will not be able to have a relationship with them--that takes two people. The Bible instructs us to always forgive but it does not teach us that we can have restoration without repentance. People who can't admit that they are wrong are often hurting. They need our prayers even when we don't feel we can spend a lot of time with them."
I think this is a very complete, yet succinct answer from a credible source, and definitley clears things up for me!
Ps 27:4 One thing I have desired from the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to pray in His temple.(MKJV)
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Chuck