Firstly, I want to apologize for been off for a while now, please forgive me, and I also want to appreciate everyone for the love and support you all showed me, am grateful. Let's go to the business of the day, Power of Apologies and Forgiveness. Apology comes when someone offends you. If there's no offense, there will be no apology. It's when someone feels sorry for the wrong he did to you.
There's a song I learnt when I was young, that was in my primary school days. It goes like this
They are five magic word 2x
They're five magic word that I know
Please, Excuse me, Sorry, Thank you
And the last one Forgive me. Or you can say pardon me.
So you see that word sorry is a magic word, it does wonders, it heals wounds, it mend broken hearts, it cleans wrong doings. It's a pain killer, it rebuild relationships. That word does wonders. No wonder the Bible said, he that covers his sin perish with it, he that confesses his sin will receive mercy and have eternal life.
When you apologize, you'll receive mercy which is forgiveness.
Forgiveness also is important, if someone apologized we have to try and forgive.
Apology can mend broken relationships, it built relationships, it makes the person you offended forget all you did to him or her. It's with apology and forgiveness a mother raises her children. One of my sons mistakenly broke my cup one day, and he came and stood beside the couch and was kinda quiet, I noticed how quiet and moody he was, so I asked him what the problem was, he just said mummy am sorry, I asked again, what did you do? And he showed me the broken cup, instead of getting angry, I just forgave and told him to dispose the cup. But the eldest one always found it hard to say that magic word "sorry", if he offend the Junior one he'll always hold his head high and walk away as the senior he is. Am still working on him, making him understand that apology and forgiveness will unite him and his siblings together and also bring them to love each other more.
Even Marriages survive because of Apologies and Forgiveness. Let me share this story here, My hubby offended me one day like that, and I was like he's the one that will apologize to me, and I ignored him for days, a long the line my baby became sick and i didn't know how to tell him, I was treating the child but to no avail so I went to God in prayers, still keeping malice with my husband, but it was like God was too far from me and didn't hear my prayers, one night I was tired of the whole thing and I just burst into tears, he came and was like what is happening here, I told him that the child is ill, he said since when, I was afraid of answering him so I just went down on my knees and swallowed all the pride and apologized, and he forgave me and we took the child to the hospital and in God's mercies, he was fine and the whole matter was settled. I would have enter more serious troubles because am claiming right. Instead of apologizing am claiming to be right. In fact human race still exist because of forgiveness, Because if God didn't forgive all our short comings, I don't think this planet will still be here.
With this little story of mine, hope I am able to convince you and not confuse you about the need for forgiveness and apology. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, see you soon❤️❤️❤️