So often we find ourselves sinking into a river of despare simply because we are not willing to let go of the hurt in our lives. maybe someone has done us wrong and we just can't
seem to forgive them, thus we enslave ourselves in the field of unforgiveness and are wayed down with the burdon of bitterness and anger. Or WE find
that we're in a place where we are not willing to forgive ourselves. Living with this unforgiveness can both stunt our grouth in the Lord and cause us to become so loaded down that our testamony falters. Eventualy a hardening of the heart occures to
the point that we are unreachable. Things don't have to be this way my friends. Forgiveness is a great gift from God. It is a selfless act that clinses the very heart and soul. It gives joy and love where heartbreak ones resided. Forgiveness is a desition to let go of blaiming and to allow healing to occure. God can reach into the willing hearts of his people and mend the hurt that life has put in us. He can heal the mind of his people and teach us to bring our minds into submission with his will. But we must be willing to forgive!
We are often like a Rabit caught in a snair, who> is pulling and struggling to free itself. Each move brings the snare tighter around the rabit, and eventualy the Rabits life is completely stifled out by the snare. Each time we pull and struggle with the
difficalties of life, and have unforgiveness in our hearts the snare of depression and bitterness gets a better hold on us, and overcomes the love of God that is in us. It doesn't have to be this way. We do not need to live this way. The "I have the right to be angry, I have been hurt, They did me wrong" mentality is not from God. From the Cross our Lord Jesus
prayed "Father Forgive them..." Stephen Cried out with his last breath unto God asking that his tormentors be forgiven. True Love
Forgives all things. I have been struggling with unforgiveness in my heart for so Long. Today I know that my God is setting me free from
that unforgiveness, because I have cried out unto my God .. "Forgive! " It has taken me a long time to realize Forgiveness is what was lacking in my life. I thought I was ok as long as I did not look at the pain. This was a deseption. For I now know that cover-ups don't take the hurt away. True peace comes threw a forgiving heart. I pray that I remember the lesson taught to me
today, and do not hold unforgiveness in my heart. I know that the only way to true
joy is threw giving God complete controle of my life. I must do as
he has said...FORGIVE!!!