dailydatewithgod

I find it interesting that I learned about the concept of forgiveness at an early age but had no idea what it truly meant until I had to walk through the process of forgiving my father for the incest.  It stemmed primarily from a desire to no longer be angry.  It is a step by step process and happens in stages, but I am much more free than I was several years ago when I made the decision to embark on a journey of forgiveness.  After a time grace joined me on the journey as a gift and it has allowed me to do things and experience a freedom I did not know was possible. I am able to separate the past and present and recognize that what happened in the past with him no longer has any power over me.  Making peace with the two experiences of my father that are my reality have given me the space to recognize there are multiple facets of people and myself that are always at play in the world.  Most importantly, I choose today which I will engage with in him and in myself. The latest layer of forgiveness has to do with my own body.  While I do not injure my body with food anymore which is a tremendous gift that I am beyond grateful for,  there is still a lot of old thinking that needs healing. So far it has shown itself to be a more harrowing process than that which I walked through with my dad. This spiritual path stuff is not for sissies! The most I can do is be willing to go on the journey and allow God to guide me in what steps to take one day at a time. I ask God for patience I do not have and hold in my mind’s eye the freedom and power of forgiveness that I have experienced already in my life.

My prayer for us is the courage to seek out forgiveness in the areas of our lives where we lack peace if only to embark on the gift of the journey today.