More than any other emotion the unwillingness to forgive imprisions the soul. Do flames of fire boil within you when you have been mistreated?
Insttead of harboring that resentment, why not free yourself? Yes, you were mistreated, but why not be the one that says, "they mistreated my Savior, but all he ask was for their forgiveness".
(1Peter 2:20) "If you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased".
David says in Psalm 123 "I will lift up my eyes to You on the throne. till He shows us mercy". King Soloman says his fruit is better than fine gold, walk in the pathes of righteousness, along the paths of justice. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirs up dissection, but love covers all wrongs.
If you harbor anger inside of you, fights and quarrels result. You want something but you can't get it. Why not try asking God? If you ask and you do not recieve it is because you have the wrong motives.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Max Lucado Psalm 123 Proverbs 8 Proverbs 10 James 4 Bebo Norman
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