His brothers hated him and sold him into slavery. His master's wife falsely accused him and had him thrown into prison. A government official promised to help him yet left him there to rot. Read his story in Genesis 37-50. Not forgiving spoils countless lives.
People experience physical and emotional breakdowns because they refuse to forgive.
The longer we carry a grudge, the heavier it becomes. For twenty years Joseph's brothers carried the debilitating burden of guilt within their hearts for their treachery to Joseph. For twenty long years that skeleton rattled in their closet. We can point our finger and make up excuses, we can invent arguments and do anything else we want, but the key to the closet jingles in our pocket until we settle matters right. I beg you to take the skeleton out of your closet.