January 4, 2012

Remember to Forgive

Remember when…? That’s a question we hear a lot this time of year. Reminiscing with family and friends, we browse through Christmases gone by, enjoying the memories until inevitably, we stumble across the memories we would rather forget.
Suddenly, the pain comes rushing back. The sting of a parent’s criticism, the broken promise of a friend, the rejections, the disappointments, the heartaches…
What should we do with memories like that? Do we have to drag them along, like so much baggage, from year to year? No. We can leave them behind. In fact, we must leave them behind. And there’s only one way to do it–through forgiveness.  Nothing else really needs to be said.  Make 2012 a year of forgiveness.  Don’t hold back, forgive everyone that has ever offended, hurt, disappointed and abandoned you.  2012 is definitely the year of forgiveness.