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| Photos taken on a hike to the top of Sunset Peak in Big Cottonwood Canyon. |
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| The view from Sunset Peak of the backside of Mount Timpanogos. |
"Forgiveness
is giving up all hope of a better past."
Jerry Jampolsky,
author of Love Is Letting Go Of Fear
Forgiveness is an acknowledgment that what has happened is permanent and cannot be undone, no matter how unfair it was.Forgiveness is letting go of control. When you forgive, you release the hope or expectation that the past could have unfolded differently, which in turn releases you from being confined or controlled by past events.
Forgiveness focuses on the future: By no longer dwelling on the past or being consumed by anger, you create space for healing and building a new path forward.
There are things that have happened in the past that we wish were different. We wish we could fix it or that somebody would have said or done something differently. The reality is, we cannot change the past. All we can do is learn to accept it and to forgive what didn’t measure up to our expectations.
“Christ taught that there is atoning power in forgiving others. As a result of the things He suffered, He understood that men must forgive others in order to be able to obtain forgiveness. There are many things men do in which they lack the capacity to make amends. The price they must pay for their own transgressions is paid by forgiving all others of their offenses" DS, Come Let Us Adore Him
1 comment:
My eyes are still wet from crying out to the Lord in prayer. My phone alerted me to this post. The title caught my eye. I stopped praying and crying to read it. The timing of and topic of this is EXACTLY what I needed to read. I was praying AGAIN to ask God to help me accept the past as it was, the reality of my life. Forgiveness must be given, I know, but the pain is still here. This is LITERALLY my prayer being answered IMMEDIATELY. Thank you.
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