2030. The Incredible Power of Forgiveness By Anne Hinton Pratt · November 14, 2022, in Meridian Magazine
The Incredible Power of Forgiveness By Anne Hinton Pratt · November 14, 2022 This earth life is all about coming down here, having painful experiences, and then choosing whether to forgive those who gave you pain. Sometimes we don’t realize we have forgiven until a momentous experience happens. Read about these miracles of forgiveness…. Shocking Forgiveness When I was 12 or 13 years old, I was sexually harassed by a friend’s older brother. I was forced to be in a very powerless situation and was abused. Because of it, I felt absolutely enraged when I would think of that day, and that person. I distinctly remember telling someone when I was around 18: “I love everyone, except ___, and I HATE him!” I harbored wrath and ill will for many years because I hadn’t addressed it to let it go. The next few years in college, I began to change. I remember specifically asking the Lord to forgive me for all my bad feelings, and to help me lose the power of the feelings. My focus began to shift…