Forgiveness is a very hard thing for all of us, even on either end. Going to someone asking for forgiveness or even being asked to forgive someone, especially if someone was hurt severely. The definition of forgiveness is "stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake". Trust was broken, friendships were lost, close family was taken for granted. This is forgiveness. A unique concept of pretending nothing happened or treating this pain like it was nothing. It takes a strong relationship for forgiveness to happen. Depending on what happened, a relationship can be torn apart because forgiveness failed to take place.
The fact that God sent his only Son for us, for all that we've done, is truly amazing. There are no words at all to express how incredible that love is. For a mother who loves their baby, if they even go out of sight, the mother feels like the worst has happened. That someone has taken their baby. The one that was made in their image. Their child will grow up to be almost just like her. Now imagine if that same mother that adored her little baby, set him out into a place where all that she was afraid of was at its worst. Then she sacrificed the only baby she would ever have for all people's mistakes. Problems way worse than she imagined even existed. That the one life that was her all, given for strangers she didn't know. God knew what was in this world. So why would he send Jesus here if he loved his son so much? He loves us. He knows what we will be put through and what mistakes we might make and the ones we will.
If you have ever felt like you have done anything that was unforgivable, like I have, you know how hard it is to forgive yourself. I can't imagine how hard it is for my family to forgive me every time I mess up. I know how disappointed my family was in me when I made a horrible mistake not to long ago. I'm still trying to forgive myself for everything. My family is so gracious when it comes to forgiveness. God has forgiven us! I just can't get over how much he loves us. God is the only one that can truly forgive and forget. Part of forgiveness is pride. Maybe admitting that we have done wrong or letting a grudge go is the hard part. Whatever makes it hard for you, just pray. Prayer is so amazing. Talk to your Father. Just lay it down. He already knows what you need but you need to invite him in first.
Forgiven-Skillet Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lruT9jR2Nfs
The fact that God sent his only Son for us, for all that we've done, is truly amazing. There are no words at all to express how incredible that love is. For a mother who loves their baby, if they even go out of sight, the mother feels like the worst has happened. That someone has taken their baby. The one that was made in their image. Their child will grow up to be almost just like her. Now imagine if that same mother that adored her little baby, set him out into a place where all that she was afraid of was at its worst. Then she sacrificed the only baby she would ever have for all people's mistakes. Problems way worse than she imagined even existed. That the one life that was her all, given for strangers she didn't know. God knew what was in this world. So why would he send Jesus here if he loved his son so much? He loves us. He knows what we will be put through and what mistakes we might make and the ones we will.
If you have ever felt like you have done anything that was unforgivable, like I have, you know how hard it is to forgive yourself. I can't imagine how hard it is for my family to forgive me every time I mess up. I know how disappointed my family was in me when I made a horrible mistake not to long ago. I'm still trying to forgive myself for everything. My family is so gracious when it comes to forgiveness. God has forgiven us! I just can't get over how much he loves us. God is the only one that can truly forgive and forget. Part of forgiveness is pride. Maybe admitting that we have done wrong or letting a grudge go is the hard part. Whatever makes it hard for you, just pray. Prayer is so amazing. Talk to your Father. Just lay it down. He already knows what you need but you need to invite him in first.
Forgiven-Skillet Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lruT9jR2Nfs