More Words to be Spoken

I sometimes wonder if I am going to run out of what to say. Those who know me well will say most likely not. Here though I find it may be important to say things over and over again. We often have to hear the same thing multiple times for us to actually believe it.

An example is if I tell you how wonderful you are and you haven’t had a lot of experience being told so hearing it over and over again until you truly believe it. We often have heard negative words over our lives hearing positive words will take the time to sink in. In fact we most likely have to hear the words from a lot of different people to actually believe it.

Last Saturday at church I was involved in praying for four different individuals two men first and then two women. Like most of us they had some trouble in their lives and needed to be ministered by two others besides myself and by God. You see sometimes though we might put words of encouragement into people only God can help them have their lives changed around. This is actually OK. We sometimes feel that things won’t change or we have to do it ourselves for the changes to happen. The only thing we have to do is confess that something did happen to us. Often others are here for us to intercede with God. Although it isn’t easy most of the time it is important that we forgive the other people who have hurt us and put us in the state we are in. Our lives will change for the better when we do so. One last thing though forgiving doesn’t me that we forget. Unless we are in a position to forget we most likely won’t the importance to forgive. Remember to that forgiveness is not for the benefit of the other person or persons that hurt us it is for us. We will live in more freedom forgiving others. Bitterness and unforgiveness will never let us become whole. Until next time live in a life of forgiveness and wholeness. Amen!