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Forgiveness is the foundation for growth. Without forgiveness, it’s impossible to move forward. Most people, when they hear the word forgiveness, think either about whether they should forgive others or whether others will forgive them. But there’s another kind of forgiveness that very few consider: forgiving oneself. We are often our own harshest judges and critics. "I shouldn’t have done this." "I should’ve done that." "I ruined my life (or life of others) with that one mistake..." Until we learn to forgive ourselves, we cannot forgive others or accept forgiveness from them. When we blame ourselves, we’re unable to believe those who say to us: "I forgive you." Forgiveness begins with admitting our own flaws. Whether our mistakes stemmed from selfishness or other negative traits lurking within us, or because we weren’t mature or wise enough to know and act better, acknowledging that we’re not the amazing, flawless, always just and positive person we like to think we are is one of the hardest yet most necessary steps toward freedom. Only when I admit to myself that I’m a mixture of good and evil, and that I can’t do anything about it on my own, only then I am able to accept that others are the same. That they, too, sometimes act wrongly because that’s just how we humans are. And that we all need forgiveness and grace. This awareness—this understanding that evil and inadequacy, alongside goodness and selflessness, are an inseparable part of us—is the gateway that opens the path to forgiveness. Forgiveness for others, but also forgiveness for ourselves. The essence of grace (undeserved forgiveness of mistakes and transgressions) lies in its very nature: it’s undeserved. Such a grace, when we accept it, is the beginning of a new life, of new possibilities. And it’s this undeserved grace and the possibility of new beginnings that God gave us when Jesus died, paying with His death for every one of our transgressions—those we’re aware of and those we don’t even realize. But a new beginning isn’t everything. How many prisoners, granted pardon and grace, return to prison because they simply don’t know how to live differently? Or because, when problems arise, it’s easier to react the way they always have? It’s similar with us. We’ve received grace, a royal pardon, because Jesus paid our debt with His death. Because of his death we can draw a big fat line behind our past and start living differently. But can we do it? Do we have the tools to avoid bad decisions and always act right? If Jesus had died and remained in the tomb, nothing in our lives would have changed. We’d still be that mixture of good and evil. We’d still act under various impulses—sometimes bad, sometimes good. But Jesus didn’t just die. He rose from the dead as a victor over evil. And He rose so that those who believe in His power and authority could receive the power to become a new creation, a new person. To those who accept it, He gives the power to live not according to their former physical nature (that mixture of good and evil) but to become a new, spiritual creation that controls its body and mind. A new person who lives and draws inspiration and motivation from a spiritual source, from the supernatural power of the Spirit that God gives to those who love and follow Him. And that is the true meaning of Easter. Not just forgiveness and undeserved grace, but also empowerment and a real source of power to transform our lives.

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Most people, when they hear the word forgiveness, think either about whether they should forgive others or whether others will forgive them.

But there’s another kind of forgiveness that very few consider: forgiving oneself.

We are often our own harshest judges and critics.
"I shouldn’t have done this."
"I should’ve done that."
"I ruined my life (or life of others) with that one mistake..."

Until we learn to forgive ourselves, we cannot forgive others or accept forgiveness from them. When we blame ourselves, we’re unable to believe those who say to us:
"I forgive you."

Forgiveness begins with admitting our own flaws.

Whether our mistakes stemmed from selfishness or other negative traits lurking within us, or because we weren’t mature or wise enough to know and act better, acknowledging that we’re not the amazing, flawless, always just and positive person we like to think we are is one of the hardest yet most necessary steps toward freedom.

Only when I admit to myself that I’m a mixture of good and evil, and that I can’t do anything about it on my own, only then I am able to accept that others are the same. That they, too, sometimes act wrongly because that’s just how we humans are. And that we all need forgiveness and grace.

This awareness—this understanding that evil and inadequacy, alongside goodness and selflessness, are an inseparable part of us—is the gateway that opens the path to forgiveness. Forgiveness for others, but also forgiveness for ourselves.

The essence of grace (undeserved forgiveness of mistakes and transgressions) lies in its very nature: it’s undeserved. Such a grace, when we accept it, is the beginning of a new life, of new possibilities.

And it’s this undeserved grace and the possibility of new beginnings that God gave us when Jesus died, paying with His death for every one of our transgressions—those we’re aware of and those we don’t even realize.

But a new beginning isn’t everything.

How many prisoners, granted pardon and grace, return to prison because they simply don’t know how to live differently? Or because, when problems arise, it’s easier to react the way they always have?

It’s similar with us.
We’ve received grace, a royal pardon, because Jesus paid our debt with His death. Because of his death we can draw a big fat line behind our past and start living differently.

But can we do it? Do we have the tools to avoid bad decisions and always act right?

If Jesus had died and remained in the tomb, nothing in our lives would have changed. We’d still be that mixture of good and evil. We’d still act under various impulses—sometimes bad, sometimes good.

But Jesus didn’t just die. He rose from the dead as a victor over evil.
And He rose so that those who believe in His power and authority could receive the power to become a new creation, a new person.

To those who accept it, He gives the power to live not according to their former physical nature (that mixture of good and evil) but to become a new, spiritual creation that controls its body and mind. A new person who lives and draws inspiration and motivation from a spiritual source, from the supernatural power of the Spirit that God gives to those who love and follow Him.

And that is the true meaning of Easter.

Not just forgiveness and undeserved grace, but also empowerment and a real source of power to transform our lives.

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