Apologizing

Apologizing for most people is one of the hardest things to do. I mean seriously, who likes to admit they're wrong? And on some occasions just apologize to smooth things over just so the disagreement will cease. Something one of my best friends told me, is how she was raised, is when you apologize you apologize for what YOU did. You don't bring up what the other person did, because you've done your part. It's up to the other person to apologize. Something that's always been hard for me is when I apologize, I want an apology back. And sometimes I didn't get one and never did. I've learned.. I have to be OKAY with that. A forced apology means nothing because they didn't mean it! When you were younger and your parents made you apolgize, did you honestly mean it? I know I didn't. What you have to understand is that it doesn't make you less of a man or woman to admit you're in the wrong. It makes you more of a man or woman . 

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

You can't control what other people do, but you can control what you do.