Gina was angry, and rightfully so. Forgiveness was far from her thoughts.\u00a0 Life had stolen all from her. People had lied about her, ruined her reputation, she had been abused mentally and sexually in her earlier years, and siblings’ rivalry wounded her up and tied her in chains. People even passed rumors that she was mentally unstable and the crowd gulped it up and stepped away from her daintily.<\/p>\n
In her pain and loneliness, she stood alone. She cried herself to sleep many nights. Hope was gone washed down a dirty drain.\u00a0\u00a0Then one night, as she was weeping, she seemed to hear a calm Voice speak deep within her. Warm and strong. A Voice that could break stones. A Voice that sounded like the rushing of the purest waters.<\/p>\n
That wonderful calming Voice said, “Don\u2019t cry my child, these are tears of hurt and buried anger. Release it!”\u00a0\u00a0With those words seeping into her soul, a sweet peace draped Gina like a blanket and she slept like a baby.<\/p>\n
Early the next morning, when golden rays of dawn danced on her face, she awoke, warm and peaceful. She remembered that wonderful Voice that told her “These are tears of hurt and buried anger, release it!”<\/p>\n
“But how?” thought Gina wonderingly. How do we release hurt, how do we release anger?<\/p>\n
A realization dawned on Gina slowly. Forgiveness is a spiritual transaction. We cannot do it naturally.\u00a0\u00a0It starts with a step toward going to the greatest power of Love<\/a> on Earth:\u00a0 Divine Love.\u00a0 Gina had to go to God and ask for that power to forgive. The God of mercy.<\/p>\n She prayed and asked and pleaded. Nothing happened for a few weeks because anger kept coming back but Gina did not give up. She continued with dogged determination.<\/p>\n