Forgiveness

I need help with forgiveness, Lord, my heart turns within

It is difficult for me to understand others

hurt, due to the pain I am in

Help me with forgiveness, Lord, as I bring my hurt to you

Forgiveness is so difficult for me to do

Rejection, judgment, criticism, finger-pointing, calling me out of my name.

Help me move past my hurt to forgive, relieving me of this pain.

No human is perfect; we pass judgment every day.

Help us find forgiveness, Lord, this is your perfect way.

Envy, jealousy, gossip, and strife

These are fruits of discontentment within my own life.

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Forgiveness is needed indeed.

Giving your hurt to me is the key

Bring me your hurt, your loss, your pain.

Each wound the world inflicts, holding on to it, you have nothing to gain.

Draw near to me as I draw near too.  

What matters most is you with me, and I in you

People view each other through a distorted lens

Selfish and pretentious opinions make them feel grand.

What I see in you is not how the world sees you.

Others have a distorted and corrupted view.

When you compare yourself to others, it is a reflection that is not true

It is a reflection coming from corruption. You will never see what you truly are.

Imperfection reflects imperfection when seen with the human eye

But through the Eyes of My Spirit, you will see perfection revealed by and by

When I look upon Jesus in you, My only begotten Son

Your reflection is viewed as perfect in the eyes of your Holy One

Because of His blood sacrifice, you have been forgiven, don’t you see

As I have forgiven you, you too must set others free.

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For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.Matthew 6:14-15 NIV

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 NIV

If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. Psalm 130:3-4 NIV

This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28 NIV

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.Colossians 1:13-14 N

For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face

to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:9-10, 12 NIV