Forgiveness is a wonderful, difficult, complex experience, isn’t it? I’m confident you’ve received forgiveness many times in your life from people you’ve hurt and then apologized to them for your words or behavior. Can you remember the process of accepting the forgiveness extended to you? How long did it take for you to forgive yourself and work your way back to emotional health again after failure, confession, repentance and receiving forgiveness? And of course, it’s one thing to receive forgiveness from a person you’ve hurt, but it’s quite another to receive and accept forgiveness extended to us from God, isn’t it?