No Fishing Allowed
Forgiveness….the other F word.
–verb (used with object)
1.
to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
2.
to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).
3.
to grant pardon to (a person).
Seems like such an easy definition. Why is it so hard to do then? This is a lesson I am learning right now, God is teaching me a lot about it and I’m working my way slowly through it. It is a process, it’s definitely not as easy as “Forgive and forget” like people have said. Forgive, yes, we are commanded by God to do that because He did that for us. Forget, now that’s a whole other ball game. Things happen that remind us of what someone did to us, sometimes over and over again. Sometimes it can be a smell, a name, a place, a movie, a song, another person. So many things that can trigger a memory or what was done to us or said to us that we just can’t forget. But what about when we’re the ones that keep bringing it up? Or when we just can’t forgive ourselves for something we have done or said. Even when we have confessed our sins and asked for forgivenss from God, we still can’t let ourselves off the hook. When God forgives us though, He really does forget. He sends our sins, like rocks, to the bottom of the ocean. We have a tendancy to go back and fish them out though. And when we do that, those rocks just weigh us down until we can no longer keep ourselves afloat. We have to learn to let go of those rocks and leave them on the bottom of the ocean. When something reminds us of what we have done, or what others have done, we do have the power to control those thoughts. We do have the power to change our thoughts from negative to positive. We do have the power to change our focus from what was done or said to how can I use this for good. We do have the power to leave those rocks on the bottom of the ocean and stop trying to fish them back out. God gives us the power to do these things, we need only ask Him.
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