forgiveness

so i looked up forgiveness and it said "the act of forgiving." so i clicked on forgiving and it said "willing or able to forgive." so i clicked on forgive and it said this:

1 a: to give up resentment of or claim to requital for b: to grant relief from payment of 2: to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon

not very poetic, considering what an amazing thing forgiveness is. when i think about how God forgives us, and how often i fail to forgive others, it's pretty upsetting. i once heard a more poetic way of describing forgiveness, kind of cheesy but it gives a better visual and emotes a little more.

forgiveness is the fragrance the flower leaves on the heel of the one who has stepped on it.

like i said...kind of cheesy. but the heart of it is wonderful. the idea of regardless of how much a person may hurt you, leaving them with something beautiful like forgiveness is amazing. even in the small and seemingly mundane things like the kids driving me crazy or doing something you KNOW they know they aren't supposed to. no one deserves to be forgiven; that's what's so cool about it. every day i do a million things that require forgiveness from joe, my mom, my kids, and always, Jesus. they are under no obligation to give it to me, but because of Love, they choose to offer me forgiveness. forgiveness is impossible without Love. i am beginning to realize more and more how all things good are tied into Love.