FORGIVE THAT THING AND BE FREE

Is there someone you need to forgive? Are you needing to forgive a child for something that they have done to bring your heart pain? Are you struggling to forgive a parent that abandoned or abused you? Maybe you are holding on to some type of hurt caused by a Church or fellow church member. Oh, dear friend, please forgive them now! Forgive them or you'll never be free to enjoy the relationship God wants for you to have with them; nor will you be able to enjoy fully your relationship to the Father....Colossians 3:13 tells us to ...forgive as the Lord forgives us. Matthew 6:14-15 also tells us that unless we forgive ...our Father will not forgive us.

If only you will forgive them and release them; for if you do not, you will spend all your emotional energy keeping them in the prison of your resentment and when you do that...you

end up being the captive instead of the captor. For they conitnue on doing what they do, never bothered with how you may feel and for the most part, they may not even be aware about how you are feeling.

The Lord will not let you grow or move on in certain areas of your life until you can forgive. When you harbor bitterness or anger towards someone you are missing the joy that the Lord entends for you to encounter. Your tied to the past through the umbilical cord of unforgiveness. When you forgive you cut that cord and there is a freedom that pours into your soul that you can only know through forgiveness. Don't let issues rob you of making it right in your heart to forgive and maybe once again restore that relationship that you once might have charrished.

As God's children, we will be spending a lot of time together in the end....and then nothing will matter! The sad thing is....it can be that way now....but some choose not to cut the strings that hinder restored relationships and they miss out on some good stuff!

If you want a tender heart, a lighter spirit that reflects love and have your mind free, your vision clear and your voice full of kindness once again....then simply forgive! WOW, what a way to live!

Oh Father, if any, that I have wronged and am unaware please make a way for me to make that right....for any wrong that has been done to me, I release it in Jesus name forgiving in Your love!

The scripture tells us to be at peace with all men whenever it is possible....we must ask ourselves...is it possible with this one? And while you may never be able to make them see nor come to the same understanding that you may have about it.......you simply, forgive in your heart, allow God to work in theirs and release yourself to be free!

Oh how I love you and want you to be free!

Bren