Would love an apology

Anonymous wrote this in response to this post about abusing someone else and asking for forgiveness.

I would love to hear an apology or be asked to forgive my abusers. But that will never happen. My grandfather is dead. My mom doesn't see that she ever did anything wrong. I've tried imagining what would happen if I ever saw her again and told her I forgive her and it's not a pretty image. I could see her smacking me for being disrespectful and then to proceed to tell me I should be asking for forgiveness not the other way around.

Receiving an apology from those that knew about the abuses but did nothing to protect me would be nice too but there again I know I will never get that.

I too pray that those who have abused will find the strength to apologize and ask for forgiveness.

I also pray that those who are abuse survivors can find a way to forgiven even if you don't receive an apology. Life without forgiving those that hurt you is more difficult because you can't let go of the hurt, anger, pain. Forgiving is something that you might have to do over and over again, I do, but doing so makes my life happier. Always remember that we should forgive because God forgives us.