Over the last week I’ve been thinking a lot about forgiveness. About forgiving those that have hurt me and hoping to find forgiveness in those I may have hurt.I hate the idea of going on and on with that “stuff ” out there. I guess like many, I too like closure. Well I contacted an old friend this week and I was so joyful to have her respond positively. I just sent a text letting her know how sorry I was about the way things ended and how I truly hope that she and her family were doing well and that I was thinking about them. Things ended poorly between us a couple of years ago. Kind of a weird thing that was unexpected. By the grace of God she forgave me and now we’re planning to chat. I didn’t necessarily have ill will in my heart back then but nonetheless she was hurt at the end. I’d missed the calls of joys and tears as we’d chat on the phone about things sometimes I didn’t even share with my family.
It wasn’t that what happened between us necessarily went away. I think it was that time had passed to heal the hurt and we both longed for that relationship where we could share our hopes and dreams, fears and sorrows.
I think the closer you are to someone, the more important their words become.
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