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This article was posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
FORGIVE IT
Matthew 5:7NIV- “The merciful…. will be shown mercy”
In 1988 when the Exxon Valdez ran aground, it dumped 11 million gallons of black oil into one of the worlds most pristine water bodies. Everything was affected: oceans, beaches and wild life. But as disastrous as that was, it doesn’t compare to what happens when your emotions collide with somebody else’s action. Bitterness darkens your world and smothers your joy.
Maybe your joy are old ones- an abusive parent, cheating spouse, a business gone sour.Or perhaps they’re still fresh- an overlook promotion, a friend’s unpaid debt, or children who’ve forgotten you exist. Either way, you’ve a decision to make. Get over it or get even. Let it heal or turn to hate. Release it or resent it. But resentment just allows whatever’s eating you to eat you up. It stokes the fire, fans the flames and re-lives the pain.
If you change the GR in “grudge” to SL, you get “sludge” – or the polluting resentment you wade through daily by holding a grudge. And is it working? has it brought relief? Peace? Joy? If today you stood beside the grave of the one who hurt you, would you be free? I doubt it! Jesus says, “the merciful …. will be shown mercy.” Why? because they’ve experienced an even greater grace. – God’s – and forgiveness is the key to understanding it. By forgiving others, you feel what God feels! Think – God has already forgiven you more than you’ll ever be required to forgive anyone else! By choosing to forgive, you see others (and yourself) free. So forgive it and let go!
(Rev. Rich Wilkerson)
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