Forgiveness.
If only it were as easy to do as it is to write. I have written about some of
the things I have been through in my life, but none that have affected me as
negatively as this one.
It is my first memory. It has been the nightmare that haunted me my entire life. It is why I cried. It is why I was angry. It is the reason I turned away from God. He didn't protect me. He didn't send an angel that day.
She is the one who took my innocence. She took it before I was even old enough to say the word.
I love music. It soothes my soul when I am hurting. It gives me a release when I sing along to the lyrics that were clearly written just for me.
I made the change to listening to only Christian music a few months ago. It has been such a positive change in my life and in my relationship with Christ. I heard a song that changed the way I would feel about her.
The song is called Forgiveness by Mathew West. It spoke to me so clearly about how important it was to forgive. So I did. I forgave her. I was only able to forgive because I am forgiven. The peace that one action has given to my heart is indescribable.
It is my first memory. It has been the nightmare that haunted me my entire life. It is why I cried. It is why I was angry. It is the reason I turned away from God. He didn't protect me. He didn't send an angel that day.
She is the one who took my innocence. She took it before I was even old enough to say the word.
I love music. It soothes my soul when I am hurting. It gives me a release when I sing along to the lyrics that were clearly written just for me.
I made the change to listening to only Christian music a few months ago. It has been such a positive change in my life and in my relationship with Christ. I heard a song that changed the way I would feel about her.
The song is called Forgiveness by Mathew West. It spoke to me so clearly about how important it was to forgive. So I did. I forgave her. I was only able to forgive because I am forgiven. The peace that one action has given to my heart is indescribable.
"Forgiveness"
It’s the hardest thing to give away
And the last thing on your mind today
It always goes to those that don’t deserve
It’s the opposite of how you feel
When the pain they caused is just too real
It takes everything you have just to say the word…
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
It flies in the face of all your pride
It moves away the mad inside
It’s always anger’s own worst enemy
Even when the jury and the judge
Say you gotta right to hold a grudge
It’s the whisper in your ear saying ‘Set It Free’
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Show me how to love the unlovable
Show me how to reach the unreachable
Help me now to do the impossible
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
It’ll clear the bitterness away
It can even set a prisoner free
There is no end to what it’s power can do
So, let it go and be amazed
By what you see through eyes of grace
The prisoner that it really frees is you
I want to finally set it free
So show me how to see what Your mercy sees
Help me now to give what You gave to me
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
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