forgiveness

Forgiving Offenses

As surely as the leaves fall from the trees in autumn, offenses will also fall around us. We look down at our feet, and the hurts are scattered everywhere. They come from those that are closest to us – our husband, our children, our parents, our dearest friends with whom we have shared confidences and our very hearts. It’s stinging. It’s bitter. It’s what life is full of, and the reason we need a Savior. He makes sense of it all. He puts our hearts back together and reminds us of the same grace and love that forgave us of our offenses.

The question now is – How do I forgive this?!  We have had the unimaginable said to us, done to us or thrown at us, and we have no idea how to go on. We must run to

Continue reading “Forgiving Offenses”
forgiveness

Pass Overs in Relationships

It was one phrase from a verse in Proverbs and it kept running though my head like the ticker tape on the stock market.  I had read it earlier in the morning and it had traveled my day with me.  It read:

It was the last part of the verse that was playing rewind in my thoughts.  My interpretation of it is this:

Continue reading “Pass Overs in Relationships”
forgiveness · podcast

God Made Me Forget

I’m going to change up my Wednesday posts a bit. I’m going to attempt to put the transcript for my Wednesday podcasts here. If you can’t listen or would desire to see the printed transcript for the podcast, you can catch that here. However, you can also listen to the podcast here and I will share the link each week.

A few years ago someone pulled me aside and filled my ears with their emotional upheaval.  It was all over something I had done.  I believe they felt left out of an activity we had planned, and they poured out their grievance on me.  It was hurtful and painful to hear. I was wounded by their words, because they seem unfounded.

Continue reading “God Made Me Forget”
Eternity · forgiveness · salvation

How Does Jesus Respond To Those Who Reject Him?

The event happened many years ago, but it left a picture in my mind that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. I was in church, walking up the side aisle when another church member, an older woman who had been so dear to my husband and me was walking towards me. I smiled and greeted her. She jerked her head up, her nose towards the ceiling and swiftly passed by without a word! It was an obvious rejection – not just of my greeting, but of me personally. I was bewildered! So what did I do? I followed her to inquire!

Continue reading “How Does Jesus Respond To Those Who Reject Him?”