"Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision." -Randall Worley

Forgiveness is one of the hardest, yet most important things we can do for ourselves. That's right, forgiveness is not for the other person, it's for ourselves. When we truly forgive, we gain freedom. Freedom from that hurt, pain, and resentment. All those memories that hold us in the past. But to gain this freedom, we have to make the decision to forgive. The commitment to let go of any and every thing that person did to you. We can't just wait around for our emotions to catch up, because they will take their sweet time. We also can't wait for the other person's apology because oftentimes, we'll never get it. Instead, we have to go after this forgiveness and commit to it.

Last weekend, God gave me two opportunities for major healing & forgiveness. Two separate people. Two separate hurts. Yet He "coincidentally" put me in the presence of both people within a day of each other. Wow. It's moments like these when I can really see that God is on the move. After having a healing interaction with each of them, I truly felt the meaning of the word forgiveness. It doesn't mean that everything they did to you was okay, but it gives you the freedom to shake off those heavy chains and get out of your past. To be able to sit in the present moment and really be. To be able to look to the future with a hope and excitement. After this realization I came to this conclusion: Forgiveness is another word for Freedom.

Go get your freedom back.

xo, Lex