My Untitled Life

I believe that forgiveness is something that we all deserve and something that we all must do. Unfortunately we don’t always receive forgiveness, but luckily that wasn’t the case yesterday. Yesterday I saw pain filled eyes. I saw love. I saw forgiveness. I saw God. I saw all of this is in one man: Daniel Nellessen. I saw a man who had wronged me ask for my forgiveness, and I heard him say how proud he was of the woman I had become. I saw a man who had seen miracles and healing and had been healed. He told me that as he sat in prison God told him to read the bible which he typically can’t read unless he has glasses yet he had none in prison, but God gave him the ability to read the bible not once but twice all the way through. A book filled with stories of how much God loves us, and he was able to read through it all, something not many people do. I saw a man who had been hurt, and I saw a new man in him. I saw a man full of love and the power of the Holy Spirit.
I think that my story, my family’s story is one that is hard to grasp. I think it doesn’t make sense to many people, yet to those who it does make sense to, God has used it to help them. Our story is one of pain, abuse, manipulation, anger, betrayal, love, and compassion, forgiveness, and kindness. And yesterday I got to experience just how loving and compassionate my family is, and saw prayers answered and a relationship rekindled and forgiveness shown.