8/21/2018
When You’ve Been MistreatedWHEN YOU’VE BEEN MISTREATED
I just want to wallow in it. I’m fighting the pricking of my heart because~ I. Deserve. To. Wallow. How many times can a person get mistreated? How many times can I get knocked down and pick myself back up again? I don’t want to get back up. I want to be angry inside. I want to cry. I want to run away. I definitely don’t want to read my bible or pray. Not now. My heart knows what God is whispering to it~ I block my ears like a little child. It’s not fair It’s too hard I can’t do this anymore. Let me have my moment. But God keeps whispering~ He will keep bringing me back to this place over and over again~ Until I realize Jesus. Today I only realize Charisse. God knows my circumstances. They aren’t accidental. He wants me to see Jesus in every moment~ Even in the mistreatment and hurt. He whispers to my soul~ Be kind Be tender hearted Forgive~ as I forgave you. I am undone. His words pierce my heart. I can forgive I can be kind I can be tender hearted I can love again Because~ I can do all things through Him~ And that’s exactly what He would do. “To the saint, personal insult becomes the occasion of revealing the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus” “The disciple realizes that it is his Lord’s honor that is at stake in his life, not his own honor” “Never look for justice, but never cease to live it” Oswald Chambers        
3/26/2016
Don't Hold On To HurtToday I just have to be honest with you. On beautiful, sunny, spring like days it can be very easy to have the words I want to post about forgiveness tucked neatly in my head. And then the ugly weather comes, and along with it someone says something or someone does something (or doesn't do something) and my heart turns gray and my spirit drops and suddenly my day is ruined. If I let it fester, if I think on it and don't stop~ one day can turn into many days, even weeks, months or years. I can be so defensive of my own sin~"well Lord, I know I wrote all that last week about looking at others through your eyes...BUT..." And then the excuses come. "You don't know what they did to me, you don't know what they said, you don't know how they treated me and hurt me. I don't deserve this" And ladies~ Satan will keep whispering that in your ear. And our Savior will be whispering back~ "I do know, my child, I do know" but we allow Satan's whispers to turn into shouts that drown out our Savior and we wallow in our self pity and refuse to forgive. Tomorrow is Easter but three days prior we remember Christ's death on the cross. We remember that God loves us so much, He sent His Son to die on that cross for us. We should never forget how our Savior was treated. The punishment, the beating, the agony, and yet His very words were "Father forgive them." If we are honest with ourselves and look into our hearts, if we truly want to be like Christ, we know that's exactly what we should be doing. Forgiving. Even when there has been no apology. This might be an area that you desperately need Gods help with. As women we tend to hold on to hurt, I know I do. I'm not saying it's easy or it will happen over night but I know we have to keep asking our Savior to help us forgive as He forgave. Don't let Satan's shouts suffocate your joy and the victory you can have in Christ today. If there is unforgiveness in your heart~ ask the Savior to take it away and to help you forgive. Let your Heavenly Father give you the gift of a brand new life of joy, peace and victory. What a day to celebrate new beginnings. Easter!! Praise God today for His gift to us. Praise God that our Savior knows exactly what we are going through and praise God for my precious Savior who forgives.
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