tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139040397383725747.post2444611694856392111..comments2024-02-02T23:52:46.928-07:00Comments on So Here's My Life...: So here's what I'm thinking today...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634178094963514937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139040397383725747.post-26839364034621673202007-08-09T13:02:00.000-06:002007-08-09T13:02:00.000-06:00Michelle - here's what I'm thinkingIts never easy ...Michelle - here's what I'm thinking<BR/><BR/>Its never easy to forgive and forget. But sometimes you can sneak up on it by doing it backwards. Forgetting! And in forgetting about it you default to forgivness. I know when its something important thats almost impossible to do. But here's the deal, if you have been hurt by someone who has been a jerk, you are giving them undeserved importance in your life by continuing to think about it. <BR/><BR/>If the kid at McDonalds short changes you the question of "forgiving her" doesn't even cross your mind because its so unimportant that you just forget about it...right? Same thing - if the offending party (ies) can detect that you are still wounded it feeds thier sense of importance.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to needing strength and needing to feel Gods presence (in the form of intervention on my part - nah, let me call it what it is - I wanted vendication that was nothing short of a lighting bolt from the sky that singed thier eyebrows!)I used to find myself feeling over looked. But one day when I was reading the Book of Acts I ran across a verse that set me free. It continues to be one of my favorite verses in the Bible as it relates to good ole' common sense day to day survival. What I need to worry about and what I don't - primarily what I don't.<BR/><BR/>Always think of me when you read Acts 5:38&39.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577206872187236746noreply@blogger.com