Encouraging Women to Walk Deeper with God
Have you ever wondered why forgiveness is so hard to offer? Releasing situations and offering forgiveness often mimics a puppy attempting to wriggle its way out of clutched hands. We hold tight, refusing to allow it to go. We grasp that hurt and offense, and we cling to blame like static cling causes a dress to cling the leg mid-winter. But why? Does it further the Kingdom of God? Does withholding forgiveness bring glory to the Continue Reading
Have you ever found forgiveness impossible to offer? I thought I did a few years back. And boy, what a wrestling match! When unforgiveness cloaks us, it'll turn a bright, sunny face into a gray hue of anger and sorrow. Bitterness and resentment wash us with their ugly darkness. The bad scene grows darker by the day as long as we're held hostage by our own refusal of offering. No one jumps for joy amid a struggle with forgiveness - Continue Reading
What would Jesus do? Wounded when wronged - it happens, doesn't it? And goodness, forget forgiveness in those tough situations. After all, we've been wronged: wounded by their words, hurt by their intentions, maimed by their force. They simply don't deserve our forgiveness. Right? But what would Jesus do? (Remember that saying from years past - WWJD? Yeah, we're heading back there.) What would Jesus Do? He faced a walk ripe for withholding Continue Reading
Sometimes I wish I could stick my head in the sand, cover my ears and tout la la la la la when certain tough or emotional situations arise. Take forgiveness, for example. That's a tough one to offer when we've been wronged but stand oh-so-right, when another has been a "jerk" and we've been oh-so-nice, right? Maybe you have a similar situation you're wrestling with? Maybe there's forgiveness desperately needed, but it has yet to come to Continue Reading
It's a common thread. Do you perceive it? Forgiveness occurs when we draw near to our Father. It's an act of maturity. It's an act of surrender, of selflessness. It's an act of love...that sets us free. Like the woman who poured perfume on Jesus, my love cup overflows onto others when I truly realize how much I have been forgiven. Like Matthew 6:12, I am forgiven as I forgive others. Like Matthew 18:21-35, mercy leads the way as I Continue Reading
