Tonight I'm finishing lesson preparations for tomorrow's Relief Society class. I'm leading the discussion on "Of You It is Required to Forgive." I started preparing this lesson during mid November and so I've had lots of time to ponder the subject.
For Christmas I received a book that I've been wanting to read called, "Let It Go" by Chris Williams. You can watch an interview about his story. Just click here.
There are many profound truths about forgiveness in this book. But one really stuck out to me tonight. I won't tell you the full story behind the statement as I hope you'll read the full book. I just want to share this thought with you.
He says of an experience that had happened much earlier in his life, "I could see what I had allowed the Lord to make of my life because of what I experienced. I could stop wondering, Why was this allowed to happen to me at such a young age?, and instead I could start detailing what Christ was able to make of my life and who He was able to bless through me because that [it] was allowed to happen."
Have you had an experience like that in your life? Something that you wondered why it was allowed to happen to you? What if, instead of questioning why it happened, you were to detail what Christ was able to make of your life and who He was able to bless through you because of what happened?
