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And so did you.
How does that guilt trip feel? Not so good right…Our sin. Our pride. Our vanity. It all tears us away from Him.
It's fun to sin. It feels GREAT!!! But God's peace feels so much greater!
Because you see…He wants to take it all away. But He won't just do it without your permission.
He could, but He won't.So let it go. Give it to Him.
For love.
In order to do this, you have to grieve first. Squall like a baby about the things that you have hurt from. Then forgive. Let go of the hurt. Grab hold of His love.
You are held in His right hand.
I was molested as a child by a next door neighbor's kid. I don't worry about what happened to me in my past anymore. I let it go and it feels so great.
Here's another catch…God doesn't need our commitment. He doesn't need us.
But He DESIRES us! He desires YOU!!!
You may feel like you are a thorn in God's side…BUT…
We are not thorns in his side. We are a spear in His side, nails in His hands, and nails in His feet. We put Him on the cross. He bled and died for us and all the filth He knew we would surround ourselves with.
So you want to let go of the guilt? Alright. I will grieve with you.
As God is also.
I know your heart. I know who God created you to be.
I know the you that you have yet to discover. Because of the love He has placed in my heart for His children. For my brothers and sisters. We are all as one. United by THE One. THAT is true freedom.
True freedom is loving unconditionally. Even those who have hurt us.
Where was God when I was being molested? Where was God when the horrible things happened to you?? Why didn't He come to our rescue???
I went through the same type scenario. "WHERE ARE YOU GOD?!"
There again…If God stepped in and just defeated evil, He'd have to defeat all evil. He can't just pick and choose. The murderers, the rapists, the molesters would be eliminated, but also the liars, the haters, the adulterers…we would all be eliminated, because we have ALL sinned.
But thanks be to God, He sent us Jesus. A last chance for us.
You see…when you asked God where He was…
He was there for you 2,000ish years ago…BEFORE anything ever happened to you and me.
He sent Jesus to fight for us!!!!And the really amazing thing is…HE WON!!!!
All of this evil that we've done and has been done to us, has been defeated!
Yes, it still happens, but at the same time, we learn to forgive and love. Despite the evil. Jesus did the same thing for us. We hurt Him and hurt Him and hurt Him. Abuse Him and abuse Him and throw Him out like a wet dog into the yard as if He is unimportant or a nuisance. We murdered Him with our sin. But even though we did all of those things and will continue to do until we die because we are so imperfect, He still loves us and is SO glad He died for us!
So if I have to die for the guy who molested me when I was a kid, I would gladly lay down my life to save his. Regardless of what he did to me.
Grieve. Forgive. Love.
