In my Strengthening Marriage and Family class we talked about forgiveness. He gave us an assignment to think about someone that has wronged us and make the effort to forgive them. I could not think of anyone at the time, but this weekend someone was brought up and that awful feeling came up. Instantly I knew what I needed to do. So, all Saturday and today I have been working on it. The steps to forgiveness we talked about in class were: recall the hurt, empathize, offer the gift of forgiveness, forgive publicly, hold on to it, and move forward. Well, the first one was easy. The rest just got harder as I went on, but I know this was something that I have needed to do for quite some time. Tonight, I took the final step. I honestly feel so much lighter. I am thankful for my teacher for giving us that challenge for the weekend, the Spirit for helping me realize there was someone I needed to forgive, and for the person that I have forgiven.
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