Forgiveness

I was listening to my radio in the car as I always do on the way home from and they was talking about forgiveness. Several callers called in telling their stories of mostly childhood abuse and how they had forgiven that person .

This reminded me of a story of someone I know , we will call her Sarah and her daughter we will call Rachelle.

Sarah was abused by her father as a child and as a young adult distance her self from him but cause she had not forgiven her father but as she grew older after time she was able to forgive her father and as more time went on she was rebuilding a relationship back up with both of her parents but as this was taking place her daughter Rachelle was abused by an uncle in the family which brought up a flood of memories for Sarah.

As this started to take place Sarah 's family was taking the uncles side and saying Rachelle was breaking up the family when all she was, was the one that got abused and did not keep it quite, so this lead to Sarah having to make a hard choice  which was to cut off all her family to protect her daughter.

Rachelle being an amazing girl had forgiven the uncle weeks after things happend but was still deeply scared by all that had happend . For Sarah though it took a little longer cause of all the hurt and so to speak re opened wounds . But in the end cause of Gods grace there has been healing and forgiveness.

I know from my owen life happenings that forgiveness is a freeing experiance that can only come form God cause in are human flesh having such deep hurt it is not in our nature to be forgiving , but only   the Holy Spirit working through us is that forgivness  able to happen.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32

Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Colossians 3:13



Forgiveness What does this look like which is a very good question ? Does it mean we forget what happend ? No by all means it does not ,now we most likely wont think about it all the time but the times we do there is no anger or bitterness in our hearts cause of it.

Also in some cases such as Sarah and  Rachelle in the story forgiveness does not mean putting yourself back in an unhealthy place but it means you have let go of all of the bitterness and anger towards that person.



 Psalm 130:4
But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

My prayer is that we through Christ can forgive and to ask Him to help us to do so cause in our own strenght we can do nothing  but through Christ we can do all things !!

Letting the Lord Be Your All

        Lord of All (song by Angela Wilson Eckenrod)

Lord of the world , Lord of the nations I come broken before You

Your grace and mercy abound to me
Your love is amazing
(2X'S) Your all I need.
I know could never
make it through this life
without You by my side.
Lord of the world , Lord of the nations I come broken before You
Your all I need ,Your all I need ,All I need is you
so I can make it through
(2x's) Your all I need
 Your grace and mercy abound to me ,Your love is amazing .
(2X"s) Your all I need.

 
 
This song talks about coming broken before Him and how He is Lord of All. I know in my life at times that has not been the case that He has been the Lord of "All' , we may say He is the Lord of All but how many times do we forget to put Him in all we do cause sometimes we go about what we are doing without putting Him into the equation of things . I am finding
out in my walk as a christan how important it is to put Him in every part of my life and truly make Him Lord of All .
 
As I am  transparent with you I can tell you in the last 3yrs not making Him Lord over All my life has gotten me to a place I didnt want to be and its been a much harder road for me than it would have been if I had just included  Him in every part of my life. As I have made Him #1 in my life it has made a big difference .
 
As a new single person I had felt alone and had an empty feeling inside of something missing I tried to fill it with relationships God would not approve of . I just did not understand how He could ever fill that empty place in my heart , how could He be that physical person and make that empty ache and feeling go away cause I could not touch Him , hug Him so how the heck could He really comfort me and feel that void I had inside ?
 
I had dealt with this for years before I was married cause of a childhood of sexual abuse from my father , then going into a marriage at an early age right out of high school not realizing I was going into the next phase of covering things up and not getting the healing I need form God covering up the root of the issue.
 
Now years later from childhood till now I had not know the true freedom I could have till I made God #1 in my life getting to the root of the problem and putting Him in every part of my life has made All the difference . I love how He has filled that empty place in my heart how that lonely feeling and deep ache is gone it's the most amazing feel ever.
 
So I urge you to make this your prayer Lord help me to put you in my life in All things!!!
 
2Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation , old things have passed away behold , all things have become new  (NKJV)