Forgiveness

My initial blog tonight was going to be about the deceiver. I had everything ready, research done and as I was signing onto the computer decided to read what the topic for tomorrow's devotional was. Forgiveness was the title. I felt compelled to write about forgiveness, because over the past two weeks some miraculous things have been happening, and it deals with forgiveness. This all came about from a quote that I read on July 31, 2011. "Only the truly forgiven are truly forgiving." C.S.Lewis. All I could say after I read this was WOW!. Remember that I just gave my life to Christ on July 5, 2011; so this really hit at me hard. I knew that deep down inside I had some hidden torment from a certain individual that hurt me. I had resentment for what happened to me and resentment for the person. I knew that Jesus wanted me to forgive this person. I know that what this person did was wrong and it was not my place to condemn.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 (NIV)
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me?Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy time seven." Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV).
Rabbis taught that a person could be forgiven 3 time, so Peter asked Jesus. Jesus was trying to explain to Peter that it is pointless to keep track of how many times you forgive someone.
The person who I chose to forgive did not ask me to forgive them, I have not talked to this person in a very long time. I can say that since I have chosen to forgive this person, I can feel the a difference this had made in my life. Forgiveness is a difficult step to take and for some it takes some time to heal the wombs that caused the pain. In my case the these wombs festered until it caused other troubles and for that I am truly sorry for. I do see now that God knew that in order for me to be truly forgiven, I had to go through this difficult time and forgive the person that hurt me.
Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Psalm 32:1 (NIV).