learn to forgive

are our most important teachers. They indicate the limits to our capacity for forgiveness. I read this in A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson.

I am aware of my limits on this, and asking God for help in expanding those limits!

that anger has had a bigger hold on me than I ever thought! I have had some things come to mind, that I didn’t know were there…they were way back in my mind! Long forgotten, or brushed off…or so I thought! How can I still feel angry about them all these years later?! My subconscious must think I am ready to deal with this anger, for the memories and feelings to surface! God wants me to work on these issues that obviously are holding me back! And He will help!

I was taking a walk this evening, and I realized that I am angry at a lot more people in my life than I thought I was! I have a lot of resentments! And that anger and resentment has been eating away at me! For years! It has been an eye-opener for me! Maybe because I am not denying it any more, but I feel ready to work on this forgiveness thing! And, in church, the sermons have been on forgiveness, and the pastor said that it is “supernatural”! So, I know that God can and wants to help me with this…it is beyond my power! Alone, anyway!

I have tried to forgive…sometimes I think I have, and then certain things surface up again. I know forgiving is good for mental, physical, and spiritual health…and I want to…but…I guess I don’t know how!