LET IT GO

We have all inadvertently hurt a family member or friend. We are human.  After offering a sincere apology and receiving forgiveness, how many of you have that family member or friend continuously bring up the transgression they claimed to have forgiven?   It is frustrating and painful.   

These people have always been important in our lives; we love them, but enough is enough. They have become toxic and threaten our peace of mind. We should not have to apologize for the same transgression repeatedly and if their apology was sincere, we wouldn't be expected to.  

It might not be easy, but it is time to let go. We need not do so with malice but with love and a prayer that God will bless them with all that is good and that someday they will be able to open their eyes and heart. 

Dr. Steve Mariboli said, "We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit."  I wholeheartedly agree.   Do not let anyone define you by your past, regardless of how much you love them. I can say with certainty and thanksgiving that we are not defined by our mistakes but by the love and mercy of God.

 

"For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another.  But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done, but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ, our savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.  This saying is trustworthy."

Titus 3:5-8