Boredom buster - 37

The other posts today talk about forgiveness - which comes in three parts. God will always forgive us, but we can also ask for, and hope for, forgiveness from the person we have hurt. As well as those two, we also need to forgive ourselves for the hurt we have caused others.

How about a reflective exercise today?

This would work best with something like a fizzy dissolvable vitamin C tablet, but would work well with replacing that with stirring salt or sugar in water...

- Bring to mind something that needs forgiveness, and the hurt it involves.
- Start the vitamin C dissolving.
- As you watch it disappear from sight, try to let go of the hurt that you are carrying.
- Notice how you feel at the end. Do you feel any differently? Has anything come to mind about how to move forwards from what you've been reflecting on?

(Remember - we are assured of God's forgiveness, and it is only ourselves who can forgive ourselves, but we can never demand or assume the forgiveness of others - that is entirely up to them.)