Forgiveness is for us

 I want to share a story and a lesson I have learned the way in life. For those who don't know I have had two divorces and I reacted differently in both of them. My first husband was very abusive and controlling. I had been warned from people not to even date let alone marry. I was 19 and thought I knew everything until the night that I didn't and started looking for a way out. Miracles happened the next day to get me out and into my way back home to Utah. After the divorce I had a hard time forgiving Kenny for what he had done. I had also had a hard time forgiving myself for not listening to the people around me who was there the day everything came crushing down around me. My lack of forgiveness turned me into a bitter and angry person who ended up losing so much peace because of it. 

My second divorce just happened but this time I decided to do the hard things and forgive and seek healing for everyone involved. I turned to prayer, scriptures, and conference talks as a way to heal. What I learned and gained came because I not only forgave but I turned towards God to comfort me. It didn't happen right away and believe me there were more tears than I ever thought a person was capable of. I learned how to truly love because of the divorce. I learned God does preform miracles we never imagined possible. I learned that as we forgive our hearts turn towards God who wraps his arms around us to heal us. I'm becoming friends with my ex husband and I know that even though I know things worked out the way they needed to that miracles happened to help both of us to heal because this time I forgave and turned towards God. So do yourself a favor and forgive. Let things go and give them to God. Most of the time it's not easy to forgive when a person hurts us so much but there's power in forgiveness and God has never asked us to forgive on our own. He will be there every step of the way as we trust God and forgive.