Have you ever gone on a "forgiveness tour"? I have and it was a tough thing for me to do. After a season of my life that I did things that I wasn't proud of God told me that if I wanted to straighten my life out I should go ask forgiveness to those who I wronged and hurt. Some forgave me and others remained stoic and will never forgive me no matter what. I have spent some serious knee time begging God to forgive me for my sins, past, present, and future. Sins of omission and sins of ommission, and even those that I have forgotten about. Sometimes we must fall prostrate before the Lord, confess our sins and repent like nobody's business.
John tells us, "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.". (1 John 1:9). And even though when people wrong us - no matter how large or small the issue is, we are reminded to, "Forgive whatever grievances you may have against on another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." (col 3:13). Not only are we to forgive each other, but ask God through his son Jesus Christ to forgive us also. "I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more, says the Lord". Amen.
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