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Have you ever had someone do something to you that hurt your feelings ? I think we all have at one time or another . It seems to be easy enough to let it go when its a random stranger but when the person that hurts you is someone you thought you could trust , someone who you thought was on the same team as you , ( team Jesus ), it ' s like a knife that cuts you to the inner core and you feel physical pain . At least I did . Normally , I would just move on and try and let it go ... but what about when you have to face the people that have done you wrong without avoidance because you just happen to attend the same church ? Trust me , it was hard . I say was ... not because the people no longer go there ... they do ... but it ' s not hard anymore because by God ' s awesome power , I have learned to forgive the unforgivable . Forgiveness . It sounds so easy , but when someone sins against us , we quickly realize that it ' s not . Not by ourselves anyway . With God though , you can . |
Honestly though , I never thought I would . I spent a little over year battling with this subject . I let Satan take control and the three of us ... my husband , myself , and our son , stopped going to church for awhile . I didn ' t understand why God would allow this all to happen but I know now , it was to teach me a lesson . I was missing out on God ' s blessings for my life . I was just as in the wrong for not forgiving them than they were in the wrong for sinning against us . How could I expect God to deal with them when I was taking control myself by holding a grudge and wishing revenge on them ? Expect that sometimes people you didn ' t expect to hurt you , will ... and you have to forgive them ... just as He has forgiven us . If you don ' t , you are the one who misses out , not them . Colossians 3:13 says " Make allowance for each other ' s faults , and forgive anyone who offends you . Remember , the Lord forgave you , so you must forgive others ." God got my attention one day as a song came on |
the radio that described my EXACT situation . It ' s called Losing by Tenth Avenue North . " I can ' t believe what she said , I can ' t believe what he did , Oh , don ' t they know it ' s wrong , Don ' t they know it ' s wrong ? Maybe there ' s something I missed , But how could they treat me like this ?, It ' s wearing out my heart , The way they .... Oh , Father , give me grace to forgive them , ' Cause I feel like the one losin '." I knew that song was for me . At that moment , I forgave . I ' ve moved on . And believe me , I have been receiving blessings ever since . I will talk more about forgiveness in next week ' s podcast of digging deep . Until next time .. God Bless , Jen |
Jennifer Sikes New Bern , North Carolina jensikes85 @ gmail . com
“ Oh , Father , give me grace to forgive them , ' Cause I feel like the one losin '“
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