Let It Go

Well. I'm back. Christmas is coming up and it has been super busy this past week! Then my computer went whack on me and I had to get it fixed. Now it's all good :)

So, tomorrow is Christmas! Yay!! I can't believe it's already here!! But I wont be talking about Christmas for this post. You will hear all about Christmas from family, friends, and pastors. So, I will not give you something else about it.

Today, I just wanted to talk about forgiveness. What is forgiveness? Why should we forgive? Is it really a big deal to forgive?

Forgiveness is, figuratively speaking, taking a wrong done to you and erasing it as it never existed. Just like Christ did for us when he died on the cross for our sins. He took his blood and put it over our sins and washed us white as snow. As if it we were never dirty.

We should forgive because Christ forgave us (Ephesians 4:32). We are trying to live our life like Christ. Forgiveness is a part of that. It's hard, but not impossible. Yeah, people wrong us, but we wronged God 100 times worse, yet He forgave us. So, why is it so hard to forgive others?

It is a huge deal to forgive others! God tells us that we should. He says that if we forgive each other then He will forgive us (Matthew 6:14-15). Don't you want the Creator of everything to forgive you? Especially when He is the Judge of your life and the only One that can say that you can go to heaven? I do.

I'm not saying that it is the easiest thing ever. I'm saying it's possible.

I started the "practice" of forgiving at a young age. I heard it preached many times in Sunday school and knew that I needed to forgive others if God was going to forgive me. So, it became a habit not long after. Now, forgiveness is one of my strong points in life. It makes things easier for me. I don't have to carry around the burden of being mad and upset with someone because I choose to forgive them.

Not saying that I am a perfect human being for being able to forgive. I'm not. I'm just saying that it is a huge peace for me because I do. It's not too late to start forgiving. You can get into the habit now. Just think of someone that has wronged you and let go of it.

God bless!!
Philippians 4:13