GET RID OF THAT RECORD

GET RID OF  THAT RECORD

Recently, someone was telling me how her aged father still keeps record of people who had wronged him in the past in spite of his age. According to her, he has a diary where he records the names of anyone who steps on his toes. 

It makes me to recollect how mum also told me how  she was a pro at keeping records of wrongs before she got born again. She would write the date, the name of the person and the offence of the person. Thank God, she does not do that anymore. She burnt the books and chose to move on. 

I remember the same thing wanted to become my habit several years ago when I kept record of how someone offended me. It's still in my diary of that year. But I understood it early in life and had to stop the act. 

What keeping records of wrong doings of people do to you is to cut you off the plans of God. Matthew 6 :12 says "forgive us our trespasses even as we forgive those who trespass against us". In other words, we are outrightly saying we do not need God's forgiveness when we refuse to forgive others.  Refusing to forgive others holds you in perpetual  chains of hatred and bitterness. It keeps you in the past making you forget about the future. Each time you visit such diary, you would so hate the person and feel like getting rid of such. 

Love does not keep scores of the sins of others. 1 Corinthians 13:5.

Who's that person who has hurt you deeply and you have chosen not to forgive? Please let go of the past. Do not be held by the chains of the past. There are greater things ahead. Remember how Joyce Meyer was molested by her own dad, but she forgave him. Our Lord Jesus forgave Peter. Forgive others too. 

When the devil wants to bring the record of someone who offended me in the past, here's what I do. I go to God like a child. I tell him how such has hurt me and how I can't just breathe. I ask for grace to forgive such and to love them back. I release forgiveness on them. It works like magic because the peace I feel after that time is immeasurable. Try it too. I still did that few days ago. 

It is not just about forbidding to keep records of wrong doings in your book, it is about discarding  the records in your heart. You are doing yourself good by doing so. It keeps your hope alive and make you stay healthy. It makes you free from every form of entanglement. 

Be ready to forgive ahead as many who will step on your toes this year. Ask God to help you. As much as you forgive others, learn how to forgive yourself too and move on. 

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