Learning to Forgive Ourselves
Dear Friends, Forgiving others for what they have done against us is not easy, but forgiving ourselves for our own sins and failings can be just as hard. To be honest, it’s something I really struggle with. I know the truth that “if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. ” (1 John 1:9 NLT). I know that the moment I turn to God, confess my sins to him, he forgives me totally and completely, yet I still have a hard time forgiving myself. I think perhaps it’s partly because of the person I am that I sometimes find it hard to forgive myself. I’m a perfectionist, which I used to think was a positive quality, but over the past years God has been teaching me differently (but that’s a story for another time!) I expect to get things right all the time, to be perfect, and so when I’m not I’m very hard on myself and unforgiving. Then, when I think I’ve learned to for...