At church on Christmas Eve I was experiencing something I had prayed for, for nearly 37 years......and then yesterday morning at church, God spoke to my heart in a very powerful way. It had nothing to do with the sermon, but everything to do with the powerful pull of the Holy Spirit on my heart. Forgiveness.......it is amazing to me how we are decieved into thinking we have forgiven.....I forgive you, BUT............. or I forgive you, but I will display that forgiveness after you prove to me ____________ I mean, the reasoning comes in all shapes and sizes - and I realized in my own self, that Jesus doesnt ask me to prove to Him ANYTHING...... I come to Him, acknowledge my sin, ask for HIS forgiveness...........and then I walk in ALL HIS LOVE and ALL HIS FORGIVENESS.....do I mess up? Yes, but the thing about Jesus love is, it is always there, always embracing, always forgiving, never making me feel like such a mess up, even though I am..... But here we come, humans......and our forgiveness is covered in all sorts of expectaions......and our hurt is so great, we forget to see ourselves in the whole situation..............we want a guarantee that this person will never hurt us again. But you see, in the thing called life the only guarantee we have is eternity........and we either walk in the power of the Holy Spirit or we walk in the world..... For in the way you judge, you will be jugded; and by your standard of measure, it wil be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brothers eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, and behold, the log is in your own eye? YOU HYPOCRITE....... Matthew 7:3-5 So what did the Holy Spirit say to me? Forgive him Sheridy..........with all your heart and with all your soul, and extend the same grace and mercy that was given to you by Jesus Christ......will your heart get hurt again? Probably............but Jesus heart is broken every single day, yet He loves and forgives and still wants to walk with you. You say you want to walk with Me.....then show forgiveness the SAME way that I forgive you. He also warned me of something....people will not understand your forgiveness......but let ME work on their hearts, YOU do what I tell you.....that is YOUR job, they are MINE. And so, I sat there in a miracle, an answer to pray, not really knowing if a human could do for me what I need or desire, but KNOWING that Jesus Christ is the the God of the impossible, and HE can do ALL things. Until tomorrow.................. sheridywalker
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:07:34 +0000
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