Love and forgive, those are the keys to life and happiness, a good life!

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 ⏤  1 John 1:9

Forgiveness is the grace that draws us close, keeping us humble and pure. 

⏤ F.B. Meyer

Love and forgive, those are the keys to a good life and happiness, a great life honestly! Today I saw a nice write-up, prayer, quote, and Bible verse about sin, love, forgiveness, and grace on the Mornings with God App. Yes, we all need to learn to love more and forgive more, they are the most important things humans can really do on this Earth School journey we are all on here together.  We need to take on God's character and learn to love and forgive always! 

Today the Mornings with God App said, " Father, we confess that we have fallen short in many ways, and we ask for Your grace and mercy. You have promised in Your Word that if we confess our sins, You are faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So, we come to You now with confession, asking You to shine Your face upon us and grant us Your peace. You have kept us safe through the night, protecting us from all harm. We thank You and ask for more of Your blessings and grace today. Help us to make this day a beautiful and worthy one. May we complete every task, fulfill every duty, and do all things with love and care. Guide us in our interactions with others, making us gentle, thoughtful, charitable, and unselfish. Help us to be useful, comforting others in their pain, and bringing peace wherever we go. Give us patience and strength in all our trials and challenges. May we endure difficulties with calmness and grace. Let us pass through temptations unharmed, just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego passed through the fiery furnace without being burned. May we live in this world without being harmed by it. May our love for You grow stronger every day, drawing us closer to You as we journey through life. Let the hope of Heaven lift our spirits and ennoble our lives. As we go into this day, help us serve You faithfully and truthfully. Breathe upon us and fill us with Your Spirit. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen." Found at: https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/89/morning

I am convinced now after being on this Earth School for almost 62 years, that love and forgiveness are the keys to a blessed and grace-filled life. We need to learn to love, love without even thinking about it, love all, and even when others hurt or injurer or ignore, you, love anyway, and even more if you can, be like Jesus! St. Paul talked about this a lot in his writings in the Bible. Too, we need to learn to forgive more. My spouse is always surprised with me when my family hurts me, a sibling or niece, nephew, sibling ignores, hurts, mistreats me, I always have to remind that they are family, we are called to love and forgive them, love them anyway, keep calling, writing, showing love, although they may not respond to you when you text for their birthday, or show you love and respect, or ignore you, or are nasty, selfish, or talk under their breath, we need to love them anyway, we need to forgive them.  Even at work, some people are envious, jealous, or hate, they use cancel culture on us, we need to learn to love them anyway, like St. Mother Teresa always spoke about. When people hurt and sin, or sin against you, love them anyway. We are called to love and forgive, constantly, nonstop.  It is hard to do, but we need to do it anyway, always! We see so much hate, but the haters have not learned yet, that love always wins over hate. we need to forgive them, show them Jesus, reflect Him, imitate Him, love like Him nonetheless. Yes, love and forgiveness, they are the most important aspects of righteousness and helping us get into Heaven to spend life eternal in Heaven with Jesus!