In our small group these last 2 weeks, we have been focusing on forgiveness.
Forgiveness is sometimes easy to say, but do you really forget about it? Although forgiveness can be really difficult to give too depending on the situation. The one thing that has caught me in the last few days is normally before communion or in my prayers, I ask God for forgiveness for all the things I know I did and all the things I don’t know I do because that will cover it all right(in my good Lutheran confession)? However, because of the lesson we are going through I have been more inclined to ask for specific forgiveness. “God please forgive me for being selfish, for not putting others before myself”. “Please forgive me for screaming at my kids for the 50th time today” It has brought more attention to my actions every day, helping me to think through where I could have done better, who I may have offended today. There is always so much to do, that having this tool will help to slow down, think about how others are feeling and how I treat them. Am I giving them my full attention? I found the picture of the cross above from our trip to Texas this past summer. We saw it when we first got close to the resort and went on a mission to find it. It was a cloudy rainy day, but I think it fits this post so well, to be thinking about forgiveness and where Jesus paid for all our sins, it wasn’t a bright shiny day, but a day full of somber and sadness. I hope that I will continue to ask for specific forgiveness to see where I can grow and find the anchor in knowing tomorrow is a new day to find new grace for how I failed today and truly remember the ultimate sacrifice he made. Psalms 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me
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Kelly HeckselI am a daughter of The King, wife to my husband, Shannon, and a mother to my four beautiful children. I have no religious training, just passionate about my faith and wanting others to know they are not alone and that we don't need to have everything figured out. Archives
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