Answered Prayer & Humbled

Has there ever been someone in your past that you just felt the need to apologize and ask forgiveness from? After praying for about 35 years, God has answered my prayer! I have had the weight of someone from my past that I treated very badly. Even though we were "kids" that is no excuse for how I treated her. Today we call that bullying. I have always felt badly about how my "friends" and I treated this person in high school. Yes, I could excuse it as stupid teenager stuff but it was hurtful and potentially harmful to her and possible decisions she could have made because of how she was treated.

This weekend God has answered the prayer to make things right. After having tried to "find" her many times over the years, I was contacted by a group "out of the blue". Looking over the list of friends, there she was!!! God's timing I know is always right and always perfect! I praise Him for allowing me to see that no matter how long we pray for something, He will always answer. So with that answer, the Holy Spirit has prompted me to reach out and to apologize and seek forgiveness after all these years. Will she see my message? I pray that she will but again that is God's timing, not mine.

I guess the reason for my sharing with you all is to encourage you to not give up. God is there, He is listening and He works out His perfect will in His perfect way and in His perfect time. 

Thank you Father for taking the weight that I have felt for so long and lifting that from my shoulders. I pray for the one that I have asked forgiveness from. May she accept my apology and forgive me for the way I treated her in the past. Please heal what hurts I have caused. In Jesus' Name. Amen.