Forgiveness Begins in Your Heart
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Forgiveness is a very hard act to swallow for most people-maybe yourself included here. Why is that you may ask? It is due to the sinful nature of man’s pride. Everyone has pride. It’s your selfish pride mine and the world’s selfish pride that get’s in our ways to forgive others. People always feel the need to be correct and right in all situations-regardless of the circumstances and whether YOU are the problem or the reason for the problems and heartaches in your life. Do you realize that it take more energy and effort to be angry with yourself and the world around you then to be happy and at peace with the world? Think about it.
Pray to God - Luke 6:37 "Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Don’t worry, I’m not going to give you a Sermon on the Mount discussion on Bible theology 101. But as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, I believe firmly in the Power of Prayer and what impact prayer life can have on your personal and professional life. I practice my prayer life daily, you can read my story (about me) here. A I stated, prayer is powerful stuff, and it doesn’t matter what trials or problems you are experiencing in your life; whether you are going through problems in your marriage , at your job , in your career , at college , or in your home home business , God hears your prayers. 1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your worries and cares upon Him, for he careth for you.“ God will give you strength you need. Be Willing to Forgive and to Accept Others Life is tough at times, both in your personal as well as your professional life, and family and friends are going to continue to disappoint you, as well as your continuing to disappoint your family and friends, this is reality. Because of man’s sinful and prideful nature it is hard for people to forgive others. You would rather continue to hold on to the anger , resentment and bitterness inside, rather than surrendering your negative bad feelings to God and allowing Him to remove your burden not you. People expect people to do X, Y and Z before you are willing to make the attempt for reconciliation, but the problem with this thinking is that this person or these persons may never come around into doing what you want them to do. This doesn’t mean that you condone the behavior or the wrong that was done to you. The point is you are forgiving them regardless-removing the animosity, ill feelings and negative attitude that you are holding. Think about this for a moment, if the God of the Universe, the God of this world could send His son, the
My Reconcilliation with my Mother
My mother died In October 1994. My parents divorced when I was young and she lived overseas in Saudi Arabia from the early 1980’s up until in her death October 1994. In the mid 1980s I believe my brothers and I got together when my mom came to visit us in Pennsylvania at that time and a fight or disagreement ensued between my mom and I, which lasted up until 1993, nearly 10 years. I had literally almost no contact with my mother at all during this period because of what happened years earlier and felt she owed me an apology before I would reciprocate my apologies to her. In October 1993 my mom came out for her last visit to my brothers and I, which sadly would be her last visit we would ever spend with her. At the urging of my lovely wife, I finally gave in and aplogized, asking her to do the same-which she did. I could actually feel the weight of all those years melt away-God took my burden and I felt so free and was really looking forwards to getting to know my mother once again. In October 1994, I got the phone call from my brother telling me our mom had suddenly died while on the job at work in Saudi Arabia, she was actually planning to fly out the next day which never happened. That day was probably the saddest day of my life because I felt like we were orphans. I miss my mother terribly but am so grateful to God that I got the opportunity to forgive her and to be forgiven by my mother just one year earlier. I live you with this, all we have is today, tomorrow is never guaranteed for any of us. Take a look around you-the cemeteries, and grave yards around the world are full of people who carried with them to their deaths; broken dreams, unfulfilled goals , fears , failures , and and broken hearts, because of their prideful sinful nature not willing to let go and forgive others and asking others to do the same themselves. Don’t make that same mistake. I have peace knowing I made amends with my mom, my question to you is what amends and reconciliation do you need to do NOW before it’s too late in your life or the life of others? Remember: "The only Unfulfilled Goals in Your Life are the Ones you Never Attempt"
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