God forgives our sins and He command us to forgive those that offend us. When we do, we have a lot of blessings that come our way.
I remember the exact day God forgave my sins. I ever remember the place. I had been praying silently for God to please forgive me while I was grocery shopping. I had worked so hard to tear down the walls I had built up when trying to protect myself from ever being hurt again. I returned my cart to the corral., and was walking to my car. I was over powered by an intense heat on the top of my head. As I got to my car I thought I was having a stroke. As I sat down the heat rushed through my body. What felt like an eternity only took about 4 minutes. After I felt a heavy weight had been lifted off me. I felt amazing.
I don’t tell of this account often because I think people will think I’m crazy. But I knew it was God showing me He forgave my sins -everyone.
Forgiveness is a powerful action that releases us from negative emotions and allows us to move forward. It creates space for healing and growth. It brings on peace and closure. It allows us to focus on the present moment and the positive aspects of our lives.
When God forgives us He begins to transform us. When God forgives us He expects us to forgive others. Unforgiveness is like poison. It destroys our lives.
It’s impossible as human beings to avoid offending others or being forgiven by others. While we do not have the ability to control how others feel or act when they are offended, we do have free will over our own lives to decide how we react when we are offended by others.
Forgiveness is wholeheartedly the secret of a happy full life. While it’s not easy to forgive others, it’s what God commands us. Even if the other person is not really sorry, we still have to forgive them in order to fulfill the will of God.
In order to understand what forgiveness means, we need to look at what it is not.
Forgiveness does not justify the offender. Forgiveness does not make the person being forgiven innocent. Forgiveness is not approving what the other person has done, but overlooking it out of love, and with the expectation that the offender will benefit with a profitable change of action and attitude
From Pity to Praise 