Admitting your mistakes

One of life's lessons that is not easy to do is to confess when you are wrong to yourself, to your God, and to the person (or persons) you have offended in the act. Although the easy part may be to admitt an error to yourself, it is not that easy to ask forgiveness from another person about what you have done that you feel may have offended or hurt them.

I had a situation where I felt that I had been wronged, and then realized that my reaction to the perceived offense was just as bad, if not worse. This situation put alot of anger and bitterness between myself and a person I consider my friend. He has helped me thru some difficult stages and encouraged me along the way. We didn't talk for over a month, and I ended up talking about the situation with others...which was my error, because at first it was for advice, and then it became for gossip....I hate to admit that, but I am human, and will admit that I make mistakes...

I ended up writing and apologizing to him because of my anger that had been brewing in my heart over the situation, and I am happy to say, that he has been gracious enough to forgive me.

The reason I am posting this is to let others know that if you truly humble yourself, and admit your errors to yourself and to your God, that HE will guide you in what to do or say. And this forgiveness process truly does bring a sense of peace to your soul. Even if the other person responds in anger, if you have done all that you can to reconcile the situation, then you can let it all go and let the LORD take it from there! May the LORD Bless you as you continually seek HIM!! Angela