Forgiveness part 2?

I know I’ve written on this before but I’m too lazy to look it up now and maybe I’ll come up with some new stuff if i don’t

So Forgiveness is the word… something that has been at the forefront of my mind for quite some time. I’ve wronged people in the past and felt terrible, I’ve broken hearts and hurt people physically and emotionally. That really messed me up…how could they forgive me? How could I not do it agian? what if i do!?

I wrote a few letters and had a number of talks yet didnt get the results I wanted…still felt empty. I was even forgiven yet still it doesnt feel quite right. Whats the deal? I hurt someone, ask them for forgiveness…they forgive, end of story right? Yeah not so much. Sure I need to consider the person who I have sinned against, but also I’ve sinned against God. Why do I try to fix everything myself, instead of praying to him first…THEN going out to ask forgiveness. James 4:2 “You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask you do not recieve because you ask with wrong motives…”

Yeah that pretty much sums it up right there. Forgiveness needs to come from God as well as another person, or even if it doesnt come from that person, you need to ask God, then pray that person will see that they were forgiven and through Jesus have been given the power to forgive.

now saying it and practicing it are two different things!

-im happy to be writing again!