When I think about forgiveness, I remember the story of Corrie Ten Boom. Ten Boom endured the Holocaust, was imprisoned at a Nazi prison camp and lost her sister there. Corrie lived through the Holocaust, and afterwards went on to speak about how her faith in the Lord saw her through. After one such speech, a man approached Corrie and confessed he was a guard at the Nazi prison she had been at. He asked for her forgiveness for being one of her captors. Corrie said she could not in her own strength forgive this guard, but with the strength of the Lord, she held out her hand to his and forgave him. We all have been wronged in our lives. We can choose to hold on to those times others have wronged us, or we can choose to obey the Lord, follow His example and forgive. This month, let's pray "Lord help me to forgive." Then forgive in His strength.
