Forgiveness

Forgiveness

I feel like this is a topic everyone talks about but is seldom truly understands. Forgiveness is simply 3 parts: forgiving others, asking God to forgive us, and forgiving ourselves. 

We all know that we have to forgive others, which that alone can be hard. But I want to focus on the last two parts of forgiveness. Forgiving ourselves and asking God to forgive us. 

After we sin, we go through the repentance process and part of that is forgiveness. 

I love this picture. It's name is very fitting. Forgive by Greg Olsen. Imagine yourself in the girl's spot, approaching Christ to ask for forgiveness. It takes a lot to humble ourselves enough to ask for forgiveness. However, God will always forgive us. That's why we have the Atonement. It is our way to repent and be forgiven. 

If we feel godly sorrow and approach Christ humbled and truly desiring to change, we will feel ourselves being forgiven and we will receive a conformation from the Spirit that we have indeed, been forgiven. 

This picture goes in hand with the one above. White as Snow by Greg Olsen. Once again, imagine yourself in the girl's spot. You have been forgiven. And now you have to forgive yourself. I'll admit it's not easy. I struggle with this concept also. Satan tries to use guilt on us even though we have been fully forgiven. 

Once we have forgiven ourselves, we can move on. We can forget about the past. If you struggle, you can ALWAYS pray for help. Your loving Heavenly Father doesn't want you to be miserable. Surprise! Your life is going to be hard, but it's not supposed to be hard forever. If you think it is, you might want to go consult your Father in Heaven. 

I know once we've been forgiven and have forgiven ourselves, then we can move forward with "one eye single to the glory of God." 

Love,

  Janae