Article March 5, 2012 Issue

Why should I forgive?

Diane Marrapodi, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science who lives in Forest Hill, Maryland, was the guest on this online chat earlier this year.

Many times the hardest person to forgive is ourselves. It might seem like our mistakes are too great or too numerous for us to be able to pray effectively. What steps can we take toward self-forgiveness in the midst of feeling unforgivable? 

We have to remember what the Bible tells us our purpose is. Our purpose is to know God, to reflect and express Him, intelligently, lovingly, kindly. There’s no limit to the direction in which we can do this. When I stop and think about the statement that we all know so well, “Charity begins at home,” why wouldn’t we bring that sense of love and forgiveness to our own thought? 

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