Let It Go!!!!! Ask God
to give you a heart that forgives; I did, not just one time but a lot of times.
It is good to take inventory of our hearts and make sure there is no
unforgiveness hiding in there; that we have not taken offense against anyone
and allowed bitterness to sit up reign in our heart. Unforgiveness keeps us in
a cage; it surrounds us with hate and pain. Unforgiveness cause us to put walls
up to keep people out who we thought hurt us. However, if we have walls ups, we
are a prisoner and God cannot reach us. We need to let all that stuff go!!! It
is not worth living in misery thinking you are getting back at the person who
hurt you; they are gone about their business and you are the one can't sleep or
eat. Put that stuff in God's hand and let it all go!!!
I know, I use to live my
life in unforgiveness and I was miserable!! I would get mad at people and stay
mad for years; I had allowed the principality of bitterness to set up in my
life. But thank God He has delivered me and torn down the walls that I allowed
the hurt to build up. Walking in forgiveness is not easy but I take one day at
a time and ask God to help me to "walk in love and stay in faith" as
my former Pastor use to tell us.
Now you see why I have
to keep a check on my heart, I don't want anything hiding up in there that is
not pleasing to God. Sometimes unforgiveness slips in and puts us in denial; we
know something is wrong but we just can't put our fingers on it. When we
come around a certain person, and our insides go haywire, we need to check
that; there is some kind of offense and offense that is not dealt with leads to
unforgiveness. Think about it: someone says something or does something or not
do something, we get offended, then we begin to withdraw from that person or
persons, next thing you know, when that person comes around, you shut down
around them, next thing you know, you don't even want to hear that person's
name; all the time the enemy is feeding your mind with negative thoughts
against that person (I know, I been there, done that, many, many times).
After a while, you begin
to literally hate that person enough to kill them. Get help from God now; don't
let unforgiveness go that far - cut that spirit down in the beginning.
While you are reading
this and if the Holy Spirit places someone on your heart that you need to
forgive, do it! Do it now!!! Tomorrow is not promise to us!!! God said in the
day that we hear His voice, that we should not harden our hearts. Forgive
others so God can forgive you!!
I pray that God will
give you'll the strength to forgive who you need to forgive. Remember,
forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a choice to obey God's Word.
Peace!!!
Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks
“A Heart That Forgives”
by Kevin LeVar (Video) - http://youtu.be/indCvnD4Ji4
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