Repentance is Real

Repentance is real

You are freed to move on

The spirit does heal

And sings redemption's song

My husband had worked with a wonderful man.  He warned him that an idea that would prove profitable was also illegal.  Time passed.  My husband graduated.  This wonderful man who was my husband's boss told him it was time to pursue his career and let him "go".  This he did so he could be free to do this illegal thing with funds he had control over.  It got the better of him.  Eventually, the scheme was discovered anyway.  A trial occurred. My husband added input. Several decades passed.  We were at the temple for two of our son's endowment.  The old boss was the assigned temple worker!  He grabbed my husband into a big hug and said, "All is forgiven!" ( Did he mean he forgave Rick?)  Now I understand.  He was saying he was completely healed, spiritually.  For someone who was indirectly harmed by him, (loss of employment) it takes a while to process. But, we are sure this all happened for a reason. To teach this principle, 

Doctrine and Covenants 64:10

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to the elders of the Church, ... 7 Nevertheless, he has sinned; but verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, forgive sins unto those ... 10 I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men. ....

so:

"What does matter is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind” so “that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people” [Alma 7:11, 12]. … That is what really matters and what should give all of us renewed hope and a determination to try one more time, because He has not forgotten us. …"  Elder Allen D. Haynie

Give Him one more try
Believe you are not forgotten
Please do not deny
Yourself of being forgiven