forgiveness and the Atonement

[Backroads]

So an old friend did something very stupid, got himself arrested, may possibly lose his family with no one blaming them. I was mad at him and he did nothing to me.

He is staying with his mom and attending my ward. The first time I saw him, all I felt was love. No anger.

A friend suggested the Atonement also helps us forgive. Any truth to this?

Edited April 22, 2015 by Backroads

[pam]

Yes

[davidstarfall]

https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-world/forgiveness-fills-hearts-with-love?lang=eng

 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/mountains-to-climb?lang=eng

[Guest MormonGator]

. The first time I saw him, all I felt was love. No anger.

A friend suggested the Atonement also helps us forgive. Any truth to this?

That's awesome. It's been said that chastity is the hardest Christian teaching but I think it's forgiveness. I know it's something I struggle with all the time. 

[Traveler]

So an old friend did something very stupid, got himself arrested, may possibly lose his family with no one blaming them. I was mad at him and he did nothing to me.

He is staying with his mom and attending my ward. The first time I saw him, all I felt was love. No anger.

A friend suggested the Atonement also helps us forgive. Any truth to this?

 

I think so -- any difficulty in forgiving others is a direct reflection on us; that we do not really believe or understand that Jesus atoned for all mankind’s sins.

[Palerider]

Everyone needs to study the Atonement ..... Just to see what it means and what it can do.

[Finrock]

So an old friend did something very stupid, got himself arrested, may possibly lose his family with no one blaming them. I was mad at him and he did nothing to me.

He is staying with his mom and attending my ward. The first time I saw him, all I felt was love. No anger.

A friend suggested the Atonement also helps us forgive. Any truth to this?

 

Backroads,

 

I was physically and sexually abused by family members and others as a child. I was incapable of forgiving some family members. It was only through the atonement of Jesus Christ that I have been able to forgive and let all of that stuff from the past go. The atonement gives us power to forgive.

 

-Finrock

[Vort]

I felt similary (but to a much lesser degree) regarding certain people who made their excommunications high-profile. When, years later, one of the returned to the Church, I was surprised and relieved to feel only happiness for her, no resentment. It gave me hope that, through the atonement, even one such as I might become a Godly man.