Journey of Love – Forget It!
Nelson Mandela once said, “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom,
I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in
prison.” We tend to think that
holding on to past hurts empowers us when, in fact, it imprisons us.
It is possible to say we forgive while still holding on to
the memory of how we have been wronged.
It is in our nature to use those wrongs as ammunition in arguments. When we do that we are arguing for a personal
victory rather than to better our relationships. Our goal in disagreements should be to better
our relationships by seeking to understand each other, not to win our own
way. When we seek only to win, what we
win is loneliness, bitterness, and alienation.
I Corinthians 13 says that love keeps no record of
wrongs. If we really want to be free to
express love, we will leave those wrongs in the past and go forth with a clean
slate. Let’s let the past stay in the
past. Deal with your issues from the
past but don’t let them cripple your future.
(If you are struggling with letting go of your past, a good resource is
the book “Life’s Healing Choices” by John Baker.) I challenge you to let go of those hurts that
keep coming up and move forward with the goal of living a life free from the hurts
of the past!
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