WHEN WE FORGIVE THE PERPETRATOR IT DOES NOT MEAN SUDDENLY I AM SHRUGGING MY SHOULDERS, SAYING "OK , I FORGIVE. AND GOING ON AS IF THOSE THINGS DID NOT HAPPEN. THEY DID HAPPEN. AND THEY TOOK A TOLL ON MY LIFE. FORGIVING , LETTING IT GO. THE LONGER I HOLD ON TO IT, THE MORE THE BONDAGE STRANGLED THE LIFE OUT OF ME. ME DECIDING TO BE FREE OF THE BURDEN OF BITTERNESS AND BLAME. THE MEMORIES ARE STILL PAINFUL AT TIMES, BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE POWER OVER ME, I AM FREE FROM THEIR CONTROL AND YES I HAVE FORGIVEN.
WE ARE SAVED BY "GRACE." LET GOD GIVE YOU HIS GIFT OF GRACE. REMEMBER YOU HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH MY FORGIVENESS SINCE "CALVARY; NOW WALK IN FREEDOM FROM THE PAST. THE KING OF GRACE.....FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, AND ARE JUSTIFIED FREELY BY THIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS...ROMANS 3:23-24 NIV
DO YOU BELIEVE?
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF A MIGHTY GOD AND NOT BECAUSE OF A MUDDY GLOB? WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING, AND EVER PRESENT. A BOUNDARY IS SIMPLY A PROPERTY LINE. IT CLARIFIES WHERE YOU END AND THE OTHER PERSON BEGINS... BOOK-BOUNDARIES...BY HENRY CLOUD & JOHN TOWNSEND