Some time ago I was asked to speak on forgiveness. This person would never have known that I had been speaking with someone that very week on forgiveness. I was telling her that she needed to forgive someone of a very deep hurt and that would be the only way she would be able to move forward.

This topic has not crossed my path since, that is until recently. I had a very brief conversation with a friend, and while I didn't forget the conversation, I forgot the topic, until this morning when I went to move a marker in my bible and the word jumped out at me.

Let me assure you that I'm human, and it took a while to get to the place of being able to be kind, and follow the above passage. In one quote, it states something along the lines 'strength is forgiving someone that didn't show that they were sorry.'

As I said before, choosing to forgive was for my own well being. I had to choose to let go, knowing that if there were any consequences that God would do it.

When David sinned against God and tried to number the men in his army, even though he had been successful in battle with whatever men he'd had in the past, God gave him a choice of three punishments. David, in his wisdom, begged for forgiveness and chose the one that was directed by God.

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love and forgiveness. Help us to be forgiving of one another, so that we may be released of past hurts. And Lord, when it is too much for us to bear on our own, help us to seek wise counsel who will not try to fan the flame of anger, but who will help us to go through the healing process in a healthy way.

Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-romans-12-forgiveness/