Forgiveness

When you forgive someone, something really heavy falls from your shoulders

because being unable to forgive makes that heaviness hold on with a vengeance.

Forgiveness doesn't mean you approve of what happened.  It takes away the power of the bad thing that happened to you. Pray for strength.

Remember that the person who wronged you is suffering too, because no one hurts someone else unless they are hurting themselves.  Pray for them.

Forgiveness doesn't mean you have to go running back to the ways things were before.

It means you're starting over, with something different. Pray for the future.

Even though it doesn't guarantee that the same thing won't happen again or even that someone is sincere, it doesn't matter because forgiveness is really just for you.

So let go of the burden and forgive.  Then, pray for love.