Oh to receive the gift of
forgiveness! Forgiveness is a choice, yes and sometimes forgiveness is a gift,
a beautiful gift! Having struggled with prolonged unforgiveness with someone
close to me, I know what it does to a person. Bitterness, anger, and
impenetrable thick walls grow in our hearts and there is little hope for
anything different.
This prolonged unforgiveness was met with the gift of forgiveness. It was
something I asked for. I did not ask for it nobly or humbly but desperately. My
prayer was, “God, I can’t do this, I don’t think I even care if nothing
changes. So, if you want something to change, you’ve gotta do it.” God did want
something to change and He gave me the gift of forgiveness. Utterly
unexplainable other than “God did it.” This is not a formula prayer by any means, just my experience.
Forgiveness is a choice, definitely. Forgiveness also comes in the form of a
gift. Is there prolonged unforgiveness in your life? How have you prayed about
it? Do you even care? No matter how you pray, I encourage you to make it an
honest prayer, no matter what. You never know when forgiveness may come as a
gift.
**Sit in silence again for as long as is available to you.**
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