Forgiveness. (Eph4:31-32)

This is a lesson I seem to need to relearn often; Forgiveness.
Ephesians 4:31-32 "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

Forgiveness: To pardon, or the act of mercy. To forgive or excuse.
Many things come up in life where they aren't what one wants. Where unpleasant things have to be suffered. My heart and pride have trouble forgiving those who would willingly hurt someone else.
Romans 3:9-10 "What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;"
Though I know in my mind and in my heart that I am no better, I feel the right to be angry at them. To hold them to a standard only God is, is hypocritical and unfair.

For as long as I can remember I have held an anger in my heart against my parents for their human failings. Today I have really faced that as my mother asked for forgiveness after reading this blog post: http://tlorachel.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-day-is-coming.html . I did not respond to it at the time, as my heart was unwilling, and I dare not add lying to the sin of my anger. I searched The Word on what to do because I knew that I was not to hold the past against them. In Mark11:26 the Bible says "But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."
As I think of how I have held onto all those little things that really don't matter, my heart drops. If God held the same attitude I would have no hope for heaven. I know it will come up in my mind again and again and I will have to forgive from my heart and soul a countless amount of times, but I know "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians4:13)
And when I really think about it, if it hadn't been for everything being the way it was, I wouldn't be here with my wonderful grandmother; I may not truly know Christ. I am thankful for everything my parents have done for me. I had my own room, with tons of toys. I had my own laptop and all the internet I could ever want and more. Sure, sometimes I felt like I lacked things, but that doesn't really mean I did as much as I felt. I am alive now, and learning about much life... and forgiveness.
I love my parents and I know God gave me them for a reason, though I may not know exactly why, I trust Him and what His has planned for my life.