So You Think You're Okay?
Think Again. Forgiveness -
It's a funny thing -It creeps up on you when you least expect it. Un-forgiveness really. You're going along in life just fine then. Wham - outta know where it hits ya like a heart attack.
Sometimes we can get wounded, hurt, deep down inside - and it never
really "heals". At least not the way it should. Tissue begins to form
over the injury, like scar tissue - pretty soon we don't see the wound, or
really even feel it much. We grow accustom to the scar tissue that covers the
area where the injury took place. We may even have gotten used to the limited
mobility that has stemmed from the over growth of tissue where the injury was. 
It
has become a part of us. Our
relationship with the person that hurt us becomes strained.
We
pretty much have buried the hurt so far deep down inside, we have forgotten the
magnitude of it's origination. Oh we remember when it happened - IF someone
brings it up. But we may "play it off" that we have "dealt"
with it and "forgiven" those we hold responsible for the hurt. But we
know, deep down inside; there's something still there. Something that is only noticeable to
us, God and those closest to us.
It
would be one thing if it was just an emotional scar that was invisible. Truth
is it is keeping us from excelling in the "more excellent things". We
know this too. Something else we are unwilling to admit and we are willing to
do with out. In fact "we have convinced ourselves" that we are in
fact - not
doing with out, at all.
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We go on
striving to create lives that seem fulfilled and God centered. While in the back of our
minds and hearts we can feel the pressure, be it all so slight, of that scar
tissue, tugging, pushing on our heart and spirit. It’s as if there is a
constant cloud following hanging over our head.
Truth be told. We are actually doing "with out". We are
sacrificing the "more excellent things" in life that God our Heavenly Father
has designed and desired for us to have. We may not readily amit it - but we know it's true.
Honestly, we don't like that we are.
What we want is God's perfect will for our
lives.
So how do we get there? From where we are now?
Well, for starters we need to face the fact
that we have been injured - and - that we need to be
healed - completely
healed.
You
see God, Our Heavenly Father, did not send His Son to die for us so we could just "muddle through" painful times and have our wounds heal
over with patch work stitches and
numbing scar tissue - that would simply allow us to "carry on our lives"
and only "face those who hurt us" when absolutely necessary.No, Our Heavenly Father sent His Only Begotten Son to die for us so that we might have reconciliation - to Our Father in Heaven AND TO EACH OTHER.
Sometimes, a wound
needs to be opened up and cleaned out -
before it can properly heal.
Yes, it can be painful.
But it is well worth it.
Our Heavenly Father gave His ONLY Son - He paid the ULTIMATE price to HEAL
the relationship between US and HIM. It wasn't even HIS fault we were
separated.
Won't YOU give THAT person in your life a chance? The way God gave YOU a chance?
Freely forgive - as you have been forgiven.
Set someone free today and -
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Receive
healing - be complete.
