Have you ever had stored bitterness about someone or something that you thought didn't affect you? But if you said the person's name or saw them your skin crawled. If you spoke about the subject you wanted to scream.
Well that is what I have been experiencing lately.......so with prayer and time in the word this is what the Lord has done for me.
9/27/11- The beginning of healing......
Hebrews 12:14-17
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble , and by it many defiled;
that there be no immoral or godles person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
For you know that even afterwards,when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
***When we won't forgive it causes pain and hurt to me and others. Verse 15***
Why is so hard to forgive??? Because of Pride and the right I think I have for being upset and angry! But in reality it is not my right for vengeance is of the Lord. I have to remember I have been called to love like Jesus and give grace just as the Lord has given me grace.
Does this mean we continue to let people hurt us? No it means that in love we speak the truth and deal with our hearts immediately.
Ephesians 4:29 says not to let any unwholesome talk come out of our mouths, but only what will benefit others. However, when we are bitter, the first words out of our mouth are usually bitter, hateful words about the person who hurt us.
May the Lord continue to work in my life and heart daily. May I focus on the Cross and not myself and forgive just like he has forgiven me.
Father,
Thank you for your word that heals and restores. May I forgive and let go of all this bitterness just as you have forgiven us. May I be a light and not a cloud of evil that spreads out to others.
May I love like you love and live like Christ daily.
Amen
Amen
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