Good Morning!! We all experience setbacks and disappointments in life. Sometimes small
ones that we shrug off, learn from and move on. But sometimes
disappointments have more impact. They stay with us, causing the past to
haunt our present,...and even future. The setback could be anything,...bankruptcy,...a failed marriage,...termination from a job,...a friendship gone sour. Or it might be
losing a parent at a young age. Or the death of a spouse or someone else
we cared for deeply. A natural tendency when we have suffered a severe disappointment is to
place blame. Perhaps we hold another person responsible. Sometimes we
blame ourselves. We can even go so far as to get angry with God.
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.—Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV)
God has promised us a future and a hope, but unforgiveness can block our ability to experience all the freedom He has planned for us. As long as we are unwilling to forgive, the disappointment of the past has control over our lives, and we cannot move forward. It's time to forgive those who have hurt us. It's time to forgive ourselves. It's time to open our hearts to the love and forgiveness of our heavenly Father. And then it will be time to move on to the wonderful plans He has for us.
"God doesn't do what He does BECAUSE of us. God does what He does in SPITE of us."
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.—Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV)
God has promised us a future and a hope, but unforgiveness can block our ability to experience all the freedom He has planned for us. As long as we are unwilling to forgive, the disappointment of the past has control over our lives, and we cannot move forward. It's time to forgive those who have hurt us. It's time to forgive ourselves. It's time to open our hearts to the love and forgiveness of our heavenly Father. And then it will be time to move on to the wonderful plans He has for us.
Don't block your blessings,...Let It Go.
Father, help us to truly put the past behind us, as we look forward to what lies ahead. Forgive our sins. Help us to walk in forgiveness,...of others and of ourselves. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
"God doesn't do what He does BECAUSE of us. God does what He does in SPITE of us."
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