Forgiveness
The theme of forgiveness has been on my mind lately so if I may I will share some thoughts But please know I have not perfected this in any way, it is truly a struggle for me to forgive not only others for the hurt and rejection I have felt but to forgive myself for the hurts I’ve caused in the choices I’ve made, but Paul encourages me by reminding me in Philippians 3:13-14(ESV), “Brothers, (and sisters:))I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” I admire the life of Joseph. Here was a young man, rejected by his brothers, stripped of his clothing and thrown into a dry well, only to be brought out and sold to Midianite traders who in turn sold him to Potiphar in Egypt. Then Portiphar’s wife accused him of making unwanted advances upon her and he was thrown into prison, he was innocent, ...