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Forgiveness , Grace and Mercy . That is love. We keep thinking and acting like love is a feeling and it's not. Forgiveness Grace and Mercy is what makes love powerful. Not how we feel about it. It's a practice. Make yourself a recipient of Forgivess Grace and Mercy. We often think that Guilt and condemnation is what we deserve. We often think that we deserve punishment but it's our souls that often pay a grave price that can either lead to a physical death or a spiritual death. Punishment maybe what you deserve, but it's not what you need. Punishment doesn't change you or anybody. Forgiveness Grace and Mercy is what changes people. It's what you need and it's what other people need in order to push forward in life. So the next time you find yourself in a place of Guilt and Condemnation don't think about what you deserve (punishment), but instead think about what you need ( Forgivness , Grace and Mercy ).

I am learning a lot more about myself than I have ever learned in my twenties. I am finally coming to a place in my life where I am beginning to accept myself more. Growing up I never felt comfortable with my sense of uniqueness. I stuck out like a sore thumb no matter how hard I attempted to mask my uniqueness. My cultural background was different, my mentality was different and my passions were different. It didn't matter where I was or who I was around I always felt how different I was and not just among my peers but even among my relatives. It came out in the way I dressed and in the conversations I had with other people. I didn't know how to hide my uniqueness but I knew how to hide in other people's shadows. I knew how to make myself available to meet their needs and their standards and make myself pleasing to them yet it was never enough. In my subconscious naivety I believed that if I did what people wanted then maybe they would look past my difference and accept m...