Disappointment and Forgiveness

 

I had made the commitment to attend the Temple today and was on my way to do some work for my ancestors, but I stopped first at a business to discuss some work that had turned out to be a disappointment to me.  I could have gotten angry, but instead of getting angry, I took a deep breath, and then tried my best to be helpful so that we could work things out right. Though I don’t always say what I should when I should, I tried to maintain the kind of attitude that I thought the Savior would want me to have. I forgave him through my actions and words of understanding and then we were able to work things out.  Forgiveness is an act of kindness. Forgiveness is a quality that the Savior showed us how to give.  I have borrowed a quote by President Monson about forgiveness:  Mercy, The Divine Gift, Ensign, May 1995, 54

One of the most beautiful things in Christ’s life were his words on the cross, when, suffering under the agony of a death that was the most painful that the ancients could devise, death on the cross. After he had been unjustly, illegally, contrary to all the rules of mercy, condemned and then crucified, he was nailed to the cross and was about to give up his life, but he said to his Father in heaven, as those who were within hearing testify:  Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)

Tags: Mercy Forgiveness Kindness Commitment

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