Last night's post wound up being cut short; I wound up going out to eat with my parents after work. It was actually kind of back-and-forth as to whether we would even go at all. Because I work afternoons and evenings, we were out past midnight, and I've been tired for much of this week. I don't know if I'd feel up to going out so late. When I got home last night, my parents were under the impression that we were still on to go, so we went.
Because I had to cut off last night's post (so that it could be published on time), I didn't get to finish my point on forgiveness. Forgiveness is empowering for people. If someone has come to harm, forgiving the person who harmed them can allow them to move forward with their lives. My mother had to forgive her mother for a childhood of mistreatment, and was able to do so, once she was saved. My aunt cannot forgive their mother, even though Grandma has been dead for about thirty years, and my aunt is absolutely miserable from her inability to forgive.
Scripture calms upon us to forgive each other, just as God forgave us in Christ (Ephesians 4:32). He is faithful to forgive us who are unworthy of His forgiveness, so we ought to be equally faithful to forgive others. I think we all have stumbled in forgiving others as we ought to, and I am certainly including myself in that group.
If there's someone in your life you need to forgive, whatever the cause, forgive them. There's a lot of good reasons in the above paragraphs. And if you need to do so, seek forgiveness.
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