Posted for Alex Baker (#8)
“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the
prisoner” –Max Lucado
I believe in forgiveness. I believe the power of forgiveness is one of the strongest
and most valuable things I can hold. Forgiveness can be a difficult concept for humans
and especially when hardships are encountered in life. Finding faith and realizing I had
the power to forgive has allowed me to become an overall better person.
When I truly understood the power behind forgiveness was when I put all my
energy and time into the college I attended as a freshman. My life was built around my
faith and playing soccer. Naturally I looked for a school that would allow me to grow
closer to God and continue to let me pursue the talents He gave me through soccer. I
devoted four years of recruitment into this school only to leave after my freshman year.
Letting go of the idea of being a student-athlete and a follower of my Savior was
extremely hard and I battled with forgiving myself and it even made me question my
faith. I battled with being sexually harassed by my soccer coach and continued to ask
“why me?”. How could I continue at a school that supported a women’s soccer coach that
degraded women and infringed on my image of what a Christian man should represent? I
decided to leave the soccer program and a place of holy worship for a secular school that
was unknown territory for me. I battled everyday with what I did wrong and how I could
be mislead by Christians and what seemed to be the direction my faith pushed me. I
struggled with forgiving my coach and had a corrupt outlook on men. Finding myself on
my hands and knees praying for a sign was when I knew things were changing.
Forgiving those that have harmed you is a powerful gift. I not only forgave those
around me, but I ultimately forgave them for myself. The statement “feels like a hundred
pounds has been lifted off my shoulders” was an understatement for the decision I made
when I changed schools and forgave the man that hurt me the most. I forgave him for his
family, my team, and for the countless number of men in my life. In this moment of
weakness I found that forgiveness not only lifted a burden off of me, but allowed me to
become a stronger Christian.
Signs of Forgiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxoMbPWuk0I
Funny forgiving dog compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsgsQ_1QFBs
http://askingachristian.org/forgiveness-foolishness-part-1/
“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the
prisoner” –Max Lucado
I believe in forgiveness. I believe the power of forgiveness is one of the strongest
and most valuable things I can hold. Forgiveness can be a difficult concept for humans
and especially when hardships are encountered in life. Finding faith and realizing I had
the power to forgive has allowed me to become an overall better person.
When I truly understood the power behind forgiveness was when I put all my
energy and time into the college I attended as a freshman. My life was built around my
faith and playing soccer. Naturally I looked for a school that would allow me to grow
closer to God and continue to let me pursue the talents He gave me through soccer. I
devoted four years of recruitment into this school only to leave after my freshman year.
Letting go of the idea of being a student-athlete and a follower of my Savior was
extremely hard and I battled with forgiving myself and it even made me question my
faith. I battled with being sexually harassed by my soccer coach and continued to ask
“why me?”. How could I continue at a school that supported a women’s soccer coach that
degraded women and infringed on my image of what a Christian man should represent? I
decided to leave the soccer program and a place of holy worship for a secular school that
was unknown territory for me. I battled everyday with what I did wrong and how I could
be mislead by Christians and what seemed to be the direction my faith pushed me. I
struggled with forgiving my coach and had a corrupt outlook on men. Finding myself on
my hands and knees praying for a sign was when I knew things were changing.
Forgiving those that have harmed you is a powerful gift. I not only forgave those
around me, but I ultimately forgave them for myself. The statement “feels like a hundred
pounds has been lifted off my shoulders” was an understatement for the decision I made
when I changed schools and forgave the man that hurt me the most. I forgave him for his
family, my team, and for the countless number of men in my life. In this moment of
weakness I found that forgiveness not only lifted a burden off of me, but allowed me to
become a stronger Christian.
Signs of Forgiveness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxoMbPWuk0I
Funny forgiving dog compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsgsQ_1QFBs
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Posted for Alex Baker (#8)
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