FORGIVING YOURSELF; THE HARDEST THING TO DO....

Forgiving yourself at times can be the hardest thing to do. We walk around feeling horrible, bad and weary for our mistakes. Beating yourself up about what happened days, weeks, months or even years ago? As much as we would like to, we cannot go in the past and correct those mistakes. However, we can make a decision to learn from them and start forgiving ourselves. One of the most important factors to realize is that you’re human; you will make mistakes. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to live with the guilt’s of your past. No matter what you’ve done (big or small), when Jesus died on the cross, your sins, mistakes, weaknesses and addictions went on the cross too. God already knew before the foundations of the world about your mistakes and downfalls, so He took it to the cross with Him 2,000 years ago. God desires for you to be free from guilt, free from depression, free from the past. The scripture declares, “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Forgiving yourself starts with first receiving forgiveness from our graceful and merciful God. Once you learn to receive God’s forgiveness, you’ll not only start forgiving others, but yourself too.