I can't FIX IT
no matter how hard I try,
and I have tried really hard.
And then I said it.
I AM SORRY. WILL YOU FORGIVE ME?
But that was not enough.
And then I did it.
I FORGAVE them.
And then it happened.
The FREEDOM TO LOVE
without
bitterness and anger.
Is the hole still there in my heart?
Oh yes,
but
JESUS keeps filling it with
HIS FORGIVENESS and LOVE
as I wait.
You can't make anyone
FORGIVE you
or
make them
FORGIVE themselves.
What if FORGIVENESS is not enough,
is there anything else left?
No.
So what do you do when you don't know what else to do,
when you did all that you can do?
You still FORGIVE.
FORGIVENESS is the greatest gift to GIVE,
because
it is the greatest gift to RECEIVE~
"FORGIVE us our sins, for we also FORGIVE everyone who sins against us"
(Luke 11:4 NIV.)
Oh the words we pray to
OUR FATHER~
"And FORGIVE us our sins, For we ourselves also FORGIVE everyone who is indebted to us
[who has offended or wronged us]"
(Luke 11:4 AMP).
Same words, yet in another version of the bible
which
AMPLIFY the "who" we FORGIVE~
"those who have offended or wronged us".
Ouch.
FORGIVE those who have offended or wronged you,
and maybe "you" are the you who you need
to ask for FORGIVENESS and
to FORGIVE,
if you have offended or wronged another.
Ouch.
And then in the Book of Matthew,
the same prayer,
yet AMPLIFIES
what FORGIVENESS is~
"And FORGIVE us our debts, as we have FORGIVEN our debtors
[letting go of both the wrong and the resentment]"
(Matthew 6:12 AMPLIFIED).
FORGIVENESS~
"letting go of both the wrong and the resentment".
Ouch.
How is it possible to LET go of a wrong that has been done against you,
and a wrong that you may done against someone else?
FORGIVENESS.
So simple,
but so hard to do,
yet when you do it,
it is all that you can do,
even if no one else FORGIVES you
but JESUS.
FORGIVEN by GOD FOREVER,
as the words
"IT FINISHED"
bled out of
JESUS as HE FINISHED what HE was born to do.
From the CRADLE to the CROSS.
From CHRISTMAS to EASTER.
From your yesterdays to your today.
To this very moment.
For FORGIVENESS never dies,
yet UN~FORGIVENESS makes you die.
So on this morning as my overactive brain is trying to
figure out how I can fix what is broken,
GOD brings me back to
the greatest gift ever given,
because it is the greatest gift
ever to
RECEIVE.
FORGIVENESS~
IT IS FINISHED.
Get Ready. Get Set. Go.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY.
OUR FATHER,
I, _____________ (say your name)
RECEIVE YOUR FORGIVENESS for ______________.
I, ______________,
FORGIVE ________________,
by "letting go of both the wrong and the resentment".
RECEIVE TO GIVE
THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS
because
THE GIFT OF EASTER~
"FORGIVENESS"
(listen to the song below)
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