Reflection Paper On Forgiveness

I find it fascinating to think that we will never know everything there is about the Gospel, or the principles included in it. We can dedicate a lifetime to study one piece and never reach the breadth of understanding or knowledge that is there. Before I started my project of understanding forgiveness, I was positive that I have a deep understanding of what it is and how it blesses my life and the lives of people around me. As I began my project, and as I ponder back on the knowledge I have before I started, I now realize just how miniscule my knowledge was. For my project, I decided to start a blog and update it daily, including new thoughts, insights, and questions I had gained from reading the scriptures and the book The Miracle of Forgiveness by President Spencer W. Kimball along with words of other prophets. Through the study of the scriptures and reading The Miracle of Forgiveness, along with words from other prophets, I have been able to incorporate the Learning Outcomes of knowledge, understanding, belief, and change to increase my testimony of forgiveness. To be able to truly know something, it helps if one knows what the definition or meaning behind what they are to know. Webster’s Dictionary defines

I began to understand that the aspects of the Gospel including forgiveness are interconnected and to be able to truly understand forgiveness, I had to know about faith, repentance, joy, blessings, and enduring to the end. Also, I began to understand why forgiveness was such an impactful part of the Plan of Salvation. Without it we would remain in a constant state of sin, and not be able to progress or reach a point where we could live with our Father in Heaven again. Because I have come to a new understanding of forgiveness I am able to recognize when I need to forgive someone or when I need to seek forgiveness for