please pray for me to rid myself of the hurt and memories..I was abused by my alcoholic parents and when they werent drinking..they were persecuting everyone...I was laughed at , and ridiculed and I still hold much hurt by them. Please Lord help me to forgive the evil that my parents have done and still do. They say awful things about people..Please Lord soften their hearts and fill them with love and forgivenss

Will pray. It is so hard to forget painful memories.

I don't know about righteous anger. However, here is something from The Catechism of the Catholic Church (Safeguarding Peace 2302) that is worth thinking about. " Anger is a desire for revenge. To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should be punished is illicit, but it is praiseworthy to impose restitution to correct vices and maintain justice......The Lord says, Everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment."

Seems to me, all we can do when someone has harmed us and continues to harm us is to avoid them, pray for them and conduct ourselves in the ways that Jesus teaches. When it is a parent doing the harm, how do we square avoiding them with the Commandment to Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother? Can we still Honor them by avoiding them? I don't know the answer.

Thanks for your reply compost..I will be avoiding my parents much more..The things is that they dont even realize why. I havent told them how I feel because of the commandment to honor..but I just read an article and will be posting it as a new topic as I do have questions.

Personally the i believe the Lord gave us an emotion of anger for a reason..It helps us to make postive change if we use it for good..but we definately need to be self controlled. i have no desire to get revenge..and only wish the best for my parents..i truly wish they would turn from evil..I hate evil ..

Curious about something..has anyone ever gone into a place and could feel evil there? I have been told by a minister that I have a gift of discerning spirits. Does anyone else have it? I feel alone in this

i believe that I have been honoring my parents ..by bringing them homemade soup and i never spoke meanly to them..I was very much in control. The feelings are there for a reason and i am listening to the Holy Spirit which is guiding me to protect myself..as i know That I am loved by Jesus and He doesnt want me to be hurt. I am an adult and I following God..I believe that God wants my parents to humble themselves and admit they made mistakes as we all do. Parents who sit on their high horse thinking that they are better than everyone else..

As a child ..well there is no choice in the matter..unfortunately many many children are abused by angry parents..I am praying for them

I will bring my husband with me in the future and if my husband is not available then I will not go.

Father God we ask to to enable kathilee to release her hurt feelings and pain to you so it would not become a barrier between you. Replace them with your peace and some other fruit of the spirit. Help her forgive those who have wronged her. What happened was not right or pleasing to you. We pray she is able to lay her parents at your feet and let go. What was done to her was also done to you. With your power she can let go. And Lord please send someone to her parents to tell them the good news of your love and forgiveness and truth, so that they can spend eternity with you too. In Jesus name, amen.

Amen!

Thats a very good prayer Misred Thankyou..I have been praying to God and I have been giving my parents to Him. I have been doing it everyday and I do have peace for the most part..but then a little bit of resentment comes back and I pray again..It takes time and then I feel very forgiving and full of Joy and love but then I go visit them and the pain comes back again

They need the Lord. I pray they turn to the Lord and away from their wicked ways

It does take time and I can relate to what you are going through somewhat. My parents are saved, but while I was growing up my father was abusive towards us and didn't attend church. My mother took us alone. Anyway, I try really hard to forgive and forget some things said and done a long time ago, but on occasion I get triggered and stuff gets dredged up. Stuff I felt I had given over. It's hard, I know. ((HUGS))

Dr Stanley had a good sermon on forgiveness this Sunday which helped me. I'll see if I can find a link for it.

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

WHAT EVER GOD HATES; WE ARE TO HATE ALSO. SO WE CAN BE ANGRY BUT DO NOT LET IT CONSUME YOU. DEAL WITH IT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.