This month not only did I leave Asia behind for a Europe, I left behind bitterness and un forgiveness and traded them in for joy and contentment. Not only did I walk into a new country I walked into a new season, God makes all things new…
At the end of December as I prepared for the new year I prayed boldly that God would grow me, stretch me, and challenge me in areas I didn't realize needed to stretch
In January He revealed an area of my life that I didn't realized needed to work. Bitterness that I had been holding onto came to the surface and as a result my heart was heavy. In order for this weight to be lifted I needed to forgive and experience freedom. I had been holding onto this bitterness for a few years; I thought that I wasn't bitter, I thought that I had walked away from the situation so everything was "all good" I had talked it out and moved forward. I was in denial. Ignoring it and hoping it would go away – I needed to choose to forgive – yet I had not done so. This all came flowing out during a debrief service in Japan.
I realized that there were some things on the race that were more difficult than they should be; such as receiving the words of encouragement that people speak over me. As a result of a negative situation I had been building up a wall of unforgiveness which was preventing me from believing and receiving words of life, and encouragement that people have been sharing with me on the race
So I thought I was done, that it was dealt with, but I needed to choose to forgive. In order for me to believe and receive what God says about us, I had to let go of the bitterness that had made a way into my heart. By ripping this weed of unforgiveness out of me God has given me a new found freedom to live and walk in HIS grace and blessings.
God wants us to choose to forgive. HE sent HIS son to die for us so we might live. Don't miss out on life by holding onto bitterness it's not worth it. What are you holding onto that you need to Let Go of so God can do a greater work in you?
"Forgiveness is not a spiritual gift, a skill, or an inherited trait. Forgiveness is a choice. Jesus looked down on those who had ruthlessly and mockingly nailed Him to a cross, yet He criet out: “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34). How, then, can we refuse to forgive those who have committed offenses against us?"
(Henry Blackably)
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