The bridge of forgiveness is never quick and easy. It is miles of processing, healing, dispelling hurt, getting rid of anger, and finding clarity through the mindset of Jesus. Any unforgiveness on your part makes cracks show up in your life that destroys. It leads to destruction, fear, and casts a shadow over you that …
Your options are different from anyone else from the beginning of your life. To pass judgment on others based on your life experiences is unfair and unjust. I think of Jesus who, when faced with the stoning of a woman caught in sin by the mob of people, chose to stop, drop, and write in …
Who do you need to forgive? Today is the day, even if it is your very own self. Cross the bridge to heal that part of you where unforgiveness is holding on tight. The journey to wholeness in Christ includes the daily release of self, compassion for others, and the ability to forgive those who …
Halt the temptation to linger in the past. Begin each day with Holy words, prayers, and doing things that lead you onward in forgiving the mistakes of yesterday. Only by doing this can you embrace each day fresh, thankful, and present for whatever it holds; good or bad. Look at it as sloughing off the …
Jesus knew who would betray him yet He washed his feet and shared a meal with him anyway. Jesus knew His time of death was near and praised the woman who anointed Him with the alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. While the disciples admonished her for wasting an expensive product, Jesus spoke of her …
Until we learn to forgive ourselves and others first we will never truly understand how it is that Jesus could choose to sacrifice His life for the sins each of us wallow in everyday. Yet, animals have a way of teaching us forgiveness, especially horses. Embrace the grace. You are forgiven. “Be kind to one …
Having spent time in a Nazi prison camp during the Holocaust, Corrie Ten Boom is one to listen to on how Forgiveness can set you free. As she prayed for her captures, even as she watched her sister die, forgiveness was being planted in her heart. As she ministered to others in Jesus name knowing …
