A Continuing Trek to Truth
The other day I asked, "Self, do you think it's possible that the reason you find it difficult, almost impossible, to forgive another's offense lays in the fact that you don't know how to forgive yourself?" WHAT? What a mouthful of a question, a bombshell in fact! From where did it spring? Admittedly for me, forgiving an offense another generates falls short of qualifying as a "piece of cake" or "a walk in the park.' But, but... Hadn't I asked the Lord to teach me to forgive almost two decades ago? I had attended a Wednesday Night Midweek Service where Pastor Regina had presented a powerful lesson on how learning to forgive produces spiritual growth. Always eager to do and be better, I used the drive home to identify people I needed to forgive. When the roster of names lasted longer than the 20-minute drive, I sat in the car and finished it. Whew! I didn't know there were so many. Like Pinocchio's nose grew, so had my list as fin