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Have you ever had a time when you did something to a loved one or they did something to you and the one that was in the wrong wasn't forgiven? How did that make you or them feel? I know from personal experience that I feel better when I forgive someone or if I have been forgiven. It allows more unity and love to come into the home as one another seeks to reach out and forgive. Amazingly enough, if it is something that is really hard to forgive, forgiveness is not for the one that has wronged us but for our own selves. We need to forgive others because we made the choice to act in such a way. We have a choice to choose how we will react to what others do or say. It may not even be their intention to harm us in any way and we interpreted it wrongly. It definitely puts a different spin on things when we reflect more on what we could do differently rather than immediately pointing fingers and accusing others of whatever it was that they had done. I think that the greatest way in which we can forgive is through prayer. We can be provided with comfort and peace by seeing others in a way that our Lord would see them through His infinite love for all mankind. This will allow us to change our perspective and in turn our hearts will be softened towards them. I know that this can be really hard at times and it definitely does take time to no longer be hurt. I do know that as we forgive those that have wronged us, we will be happier and become more resilient in our relationships with those around us. I know that if we have wronged someone we would hope that they would forgive us just as the same. May we be a little bit kinder, a little more loving, and a little bit more forgiving within our families. We will be blessed for our efforts as we strive to work at this together.
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