Are you holding onto unforgiveness? Is there someone in your life who hurt you some time ago, whether in the distant or recent past, that you are just unwilling to forgive? They hurt you, and you want to hurt them by not forgiving them. You are going avenge that hurt, even though every time you see their face, whether physically in front of you or just inside your head, you relive the hurt, and all the feelings once again well up inside you. Tell me, who is the one still in pain? Who is the one being held captive? You must choose forgiveness.
Jesus was very clear when He taught us to pray in Matthew 6: 9-15.
He said, "Pray, then, in this way:
'Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed by Thy name.
'Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
'Give us this day our daily bread.
'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
[For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen].
"For if you forgive men for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions."
You do not forgive the person who hurt you for his sake, he may not even realize that he hurt you. You must forgive him for your own sake. By forgiving the person whose wound you still bear, you free yourself from the bondage of that hurt and that person. What she did no longer needs to control you. You can make the choices. When that person comes to mind, you can choose to say, maybe a thousand times a day at first, "As an act of my will, Father, I choose to forgive her. Father, I put him into Your hands and ask You to bless him, but I release her from my unforgiveness." You will find that as you release that person, you also release yourself from that past hurt. You will be able leave that hurt in the past instead of allowing it to lurk around waiting to jump out and cause the hurt to start hurting you all over again without any warning. Is your hurt a heavy load? Lay it down. Carry it no longer. Choose to forgive.
The LORD bless you with choosing to release the past by choosing to forgive.
I love you,
Ruth
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