Forgiveness and the power of it

Are you walking in the power of forgiveness or wallowing in bitterness? Forgiveness removes the sting of sin. When we forgive, the venom in the serpent's bite is neutralized. You are effectively stopping the poison in your blood and preventing death.

We all have the strength to forgive, but it is a choice. I was reading when I came across this message; and it was meant for me to read. Many times I am hurt by people and instead of forgiving, I hold on to the hurt and keep in it, which then leads me to bitterness. I also struggle with forgiveness of my past; I realized it is very hard to forgive when an apology isn't presented.

I grew up in a world of pain and didn't realize the effect it has had on me in my every day life now and my future and it is only my fault for holding on to it. If God can forgive after the numerous amounts of sin we all made and make; why couldn't I? I now have to decided if I want God's world to control me or my self-centered emotions rule my life. Of course the choice is obvious, but the feelings of resentment or pain don't go away over night; it is still a process; but how can we move on if we don't forgive?

The lesson is the enemy will use our refusal to forgive to steal our joy and peace! Heb. 12:14 "Make every effort to live in Peace with all men and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the lord." Forgiving the past or a person makes your life full of peace, though asking for forgiveness or forgiving takes a lot of effort sometimes; it takes a lot more effort to hold on to bitterness and also takes a toll on your spirit and physical body.

30 Sucks!!

I found this on pinterest and knew i would make this for someone or many!!! My brothers birthday is right around the corner and you guessed it !!! he's turning 30!! it was so easy to put together and very cute! Happy Birthday to my only brother DAVID!!

Because in the end

After being emotionally distraught and hurt over a life long relationship that was so great, I have realized many things. I'm beginning to think there is truth in the statement all good things must come to an end. God is the only constant in our lives and without him we are nothing. God knows us inside and out, he knows we fall short of perfect, make mistakes, and sin. But after all that he loves us unconditionally and forgives us. Isn't that amazing, that we can be so wrong and mess up, but someone loves us and not only that he wants us! Nothing in this life will satisfy you and once you realize that and discover what will, you will find yourself at peace. I realized that we all think differently whether its how we grew up or what is in our lives at the current time that changes our views, we are all so different and that's OK too. But the purpose of this is in the end...God loves, God saves, and God wants us! And that will get me through everything.

average day

My friend from work describes it best. Say your sitting at work and a box is delivered to you without instruction and you need to put this project together. Your work day is about over and your almost finished, so you think you will just finish up tomorrow. But during the night 3 little elves come in and take it all apart! You come in the next morning and have to start all over again; from scratch remind you and without help! And this pattern goes on everyday. That is the story of a mother/wife's life, your 2 kids and husband are the damn elves that destroy what you have done and worked hard to do all day. You wake up and oh good morning time to redo everything you did the day before and the day before that one! I loved how she put it and it couldn't be more right! lol