Repentance and Forgiveness in Family Life

FORGIVE TODAY!  Forgiveness is something that doesn't typically come easy for most people.  Its hard, its uncomfortable, but the Lord has taught us that this is something we must do.  "I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men” (D&C 64:10).

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said, "Is there someone in your life who perhaps needs forgiveness? Is there someone in your home, someone in your family … who has done an unjust or an unkind or an unchristian thing? All of us are guilty of such transgressions, so there surely must be someone who yet needs your forgiveness.”

Our Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson has shared with us about forgiving our family members, "The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul. In many families, there are hurt feelings and a reluctance to forgive. It doesn’t really matter what the issue was. It cannot and should not be left to injure. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals.”