To All Whom I Have Hurt

I realize that the list of those people I have hurt or let down in this life is much longer than I could ever think. I know that it would include the obvious close friends and family, but I also am aware that there would be others on this list that I never even cared enough about to ask their name. As I sit here to write a sincere apology, what is resting upon my heart I send out to everyone with love, whoever you may be.

This apology is not a plea for forgiveness. It is not meant to set right the wrongs that I have committed or to make the things I have done easier to deal with as I go forward in this life. I am only trying to offer my deepest regret for not being able to see my existence as it was truly meant to be earlier in my journey. I am putting forth with the utmost sincerity the feelings I have inside about how my neglect to living the way I knew I should have been living may have negatively impacted you as our paths crossed.

I intend for this entry to carry a message of hope. As I spent time this morning thinking about specific hurtful instances and visualizing disappointed faces with certain memories, my intentions shifted away from the pain and more toward prayer for healing. Moving from recollections of fear and remorse, I was lifted up by an internal sense of gratitude for the opportunity to go forward with a focus dedicated to fulfilling a greater purpose far more important than the distant past.

Today I am reminded that I live my life far from perfect, but I trust as I stay centered around faith that I will be guided in a direction that will allow me to show those who enter my life that we are all serving one another in an effort to bring glory to the one true God.

To all whom I have hurt, I am truly sorry for how my selfish actions may have negatively impacted your life. These situations from my past have become forever part of my story, and despite how much I would like to forget I will use them as I give all of my heart to becoming the person I was created to be... and for that I am eternally grateful.

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"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a rightous man is powerful and effective." - James 5:16