Impulses for the Way: 30 Days on the Camino De SantiagoSample

Forgiveness

Have you ever felt like saying sorry is not enough? Maybe a time when someone hurt you, and you felt like saying “sorry” was too easy — or when you have hurt another, and saying “sorry” could not fix what you did?

With that memory in mind, slowly read Psalm 51:1: “Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins” (NLT).

Read the passage again. Reflect on God’s source of mercy and compassion toward us.

Now read 1 John 1:9: “But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness” (NLT).

Sit still and listen.

In today’s video, Barrett asks to “remember what a crazy thing it is to forgive; that the offended would lay down their right to hold on to hate and bitterness and instead, choose to repair a relationship!”

Is there a prayer stirring within you?

Something you want to say to God?

Are you ready to receive God’s forgiveness? Or offer it to another?