Can you forgive, really forgive and move forward?

Colossians 3:13, Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 

     Good morning and a happy Thursday to each of you, we had a splendid day yesterday, our high was 83 the breeze was constant, the sun was shining and the sky was clear blue beautiful, what a blessing to behold in the last days of July, today looks to be much like yesterday! We are at 68 degrees right now and I am loving every minute of it, sitting out this morning chatting with our Father in heaven and singing praises to him for all that he does for us! He is AMAZING!!!!
     In prayer this morning I asked God what he needed from me today, what avenue I needed to take to be best in serving him, who I needed to talk with, what I needed to say, how I could best please him. As I was praying over the request I received this morning, continuing to pray over the request I received this week, a person who has really hurt me kept coming into my thoughts. I allowed this person to wear me down, to really allow me to be angry and hold that anger, to really make me feel sick inside to think of just the name! I was so hurt by the actions and deeds done, I was so disappointed and hurt, hurt, hurt by the lack of honesty and the back stabbing that took place. I walked away and vowed never to look back, I took anger with me as I walked and to this day I have never been able to feel anything but loathing when I hear the name or see the face. As I continued on in prayer and the image continued to be in my mind I realized that I have some unfinished business to do, I realized that I cannot sit here and speak of unconditional love, that I cannot sit here and continue to speak the words that I feel in prayer as long as I am holding on to something so not pleasing to our Father in Heaven. I changed my direction in mid prayer and began to pray for me, for God to forgive me for holding on to anger, for holding on to something that my heart does no longer want to hold on to. I prayed for this person, I asked God to give me the ability to make contact and to let the anger go, let the hurt vanish and be who I need to be, a person filled with love and only love. I have pulled many weeds from my garden over the course of my life, but have never not prayed for them, I have had to walk away from people who would cause me hurt but always prayed that our Father in Heaven would help them to right themselves, I choose the people that I wish to spend time with, people who love themselves, love others and above all love God. Today I am going to take the hint that God is giving me, physically make peace with this person, wish them well in their endeavors, and release the evil that is dwelling in me. I am going to ask God to forgive me for holding on to satan's lead and I am going to know that I have learned yet another lesson in life, even though we walk away, we turn from those that hurt us we still must forgive them and ask God to bless them, then and only then have we progressed in that area, if you walk away but continue to hold the anger.....you will continue to have anger in your heart...our hearts need to be clean and pure. Give those that do hurt you over to God, give the anger, the disappointment, he pain over to him and let your hearts be clean. God bless each of you with strength, with power, with knowledge but most of all with love this day:) In Jesus' name...amen and amen again!