Give the Gift That Keeps on Giving…Forgiveness.
Take the lead from your Heavenly Father this year and give forgiveness this Christmas. You’ve heard the saying it’s better to give than to receive? Forgiveness costs you nothing monetarily and you will actually get the greatest dividend back! Father G
od gave us the greatest gift in His Son, Jesus. He forgave us all of our sins and restored the broken relationship we had with Him which allowed us to restore our relationships with others and ourselves.
Jesus Christ’s sacrifice out of love gave us freedom from the bondage of bitterness, anger and resentment in our lives. His sacrifice also gave us the freedom from the bondage of guilt, which is when we don’t forgive ourselves. Hating others or ourselves makes us “stew in our own juices”. It causes a toxic chemical flow in our body that aggravates our tissues and initiates inflammation. Unresolved inflammation produces dis-ease over time.
Thoughts turn into choices, choices to actions, actions to habits, habits to lifestyle and lifestyle to destiny. Our body manifests what we meditate on. Are we meditating on God’s Word of truth and love or on toxic thoughts of un-forgiveness, bitterness, resentment, hatred and guilt?
During the Christmas season people need more than gadgets, trinkets and games. People need to hear that they are forgiven and loved even if that person is yourself! Especially if that person is yourself because how can we love others as Christ commanded if we can’t get rid of the guilt and love ourselves?
The only cost of forgiveness is giving up the “right” to feel wronged and hurt. The benefits for everyone are eternal!
The Word became
flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Merry Christmas for Christ our Lord has come and has brought forgiveness and healing!
Patti
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