Love thinks no evil (1 Corinthians 13:5).
The idea of thinking no evil means that love doesn’t keep a record of wrongs done against it. The most miserable people you’ll ever meet are those who hold onto past wrongs done against them or others … recent or ancient. They are forever tied to the hurts and negativity of yesterday. Forgiveness is in ashes in a burnished urn of resentment, and the focus is always on evil rather than good. Peace and peacemaking is dead.
Fulton Oursler was born in 1893 and became a famous author of detective stories. While on vacation to the land of Israel in 1935, this atheist was moved to write a book about the life of Jesus.
He believed the task concerning Jesus to be a quick project, but as he considered the growing threat of communism from Russia and the socialism of Nazi Germany, Oursler was convinced that the only hope for the world – and his own soul – was to be found in Jesus. Oursler was born again through faith in Christ Jesus.
When Oursler died in 1952, his son found a notebook of names next to his father’s bed. Not recognizing most of the names, the young man asked his mother about the book. Grace Oursler explained that once he became a Christian, Fulton wrote in the notebook the name of each person who crossed him, not to remember the evildoer, but to remind himself he’d forgiven that everdoer.
Forgiveness means wiping the record of past wrongs clean. Forgiveness doesn’t keep a record of wrongs, it expunges the wrongs.
Jesus tied love and forgiveness together in Luke 7. A prostitute went to worship Jesus, which set the religious crowd in a tizzy. Jesus said, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little (7:47).
You cannot be a lover and a keeper of wrongs.
Where Living Begins 
This was encouraging to me because there is someone in my life who, as it stands now, is completely reprobate and given over to themselves. While I have said all I could say and dusted my feet, I pray for them and hope that their eyes are opened one day. This was so encouraging because this person you spoke of was an atheist converted to know Jesus. Thank you for posting.
Hope.
You and I are powerless to change others. We might persuade those around us, especially those we love, to modify their behavior at times, but only God gives a new heart. Bless the Lord! With Him all things are possible.
Well said. I love the Word because it is clear.
Paul wrote about us seeing through a glass (mirror) darkly here and now. That’s not the Lord’s fault, the mirror of His Word is clear just as you say; it’s our sight that needs corrected. As the hymn writer penned,
Open my eyes, that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free.
Chorus: Silently now I wait for Thee,
Ready my God, Thy will to see,
Open my eyes, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
Amen. Thank you.