A happy Monday to all! Lately I've been thinking about how we handle stuff in life. Someone might say to you, "you need to deal with that" What is 'dealing'?
In my job as a life coach and speaker, I meet many different people. So many people are stuck on hold because of some past experience. They have been hurt and it has stopped them in their lives and often in their relationships.
There was someone in my life who treated me very badly and was very unkind to me. I put up with it for years but by the grace of God, my eyes were open to the abuse and I took the appropriate actions. However, my heart was full of anger and bitterness when I realized how much this unkindness had affected me in my life. I know that bitterness and unforgiveness can wreak havoc in my own life when it sits in my heart and festers. So I asked God to help me forgive. He knew how angry and hurt I was and He also knew that I didn't want to forgive. But out of obedience to Him and knowing that it was better for me, I asked Him to help. I know that only He can change my heart. Within months, I started feeling less anger towards this person and eventually I realized that the anger was gone and that compassion had actually set in! I had not tried to change my own heart but God did the work. I just needed to say yes.
Do you have something in your life right now that you feel is near impossible to deal with? Can I encourage you to go to your Heavenly Father and just say yes to whatever God needs to do in your heart and then just let Him do it. We don't need to have all the answers or to strive hard. He's for us and knows what's best. Just say yes...
In my job as a life coach and speaker, I meet many different people. So many people are stuck on hold because of some past experience. They have been hurt and it has stopped them in their lives and often in their relationships.
There was someone in my life who treated me very badly and was very unkind to me. I put up with it for years but by the grace of God, my eyes were open to the abuse and I took the appropriate actions. However, my heart was full of anger and bitterness when I realized how much this unkindness had affected me in my life. I know that bitterness and unforgiveness can wreak havoc in my own life when it sits in my heart and festers. So I asked God to help me forgive. He knew how angry and hurt I was and He also knew that I didn't want to forgive. But out of obedience to Him and knowing that it was better for me, I asked Him to help. I know that only He can change my heart. Within months, I started feeling less anger towards this person and eventually I realized that the anger was gone and that compassion had actually set in! I had not tried to change my own heart but God did the work. I just needed to say yes.
Do you have something in your life right now that you feel is near impossible to deal with? Can I encourage you to go to your Heavenly Father and just say yes to whatever God needs to do in your heart and then just let Him do it. We don't need to have all the answers or to strive hard. He's for us and knows what's best. Just say yes...
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