Sometimes life STUFF gets in the way! We don’t mean for it to. Slowly it quietly creeps in. We can choose to hang on to those feelings
and let them grow bigger and bigger or we can choose to forgive.
The other day my husband and I went to the
farm to check cattle. As he was counting
heads I was watching and taking it all in. The cows were running and chasing and trying to get in front of each
other. Every momma wanted to be first. Each one wanted to be the one to get the most! When the time came for the feed arm to come
down and pour out their delicious supper, I couldn't quit watching two
Momma cows fighting!
All they were worried about was who was going
to get to the “dinner table” first! They
fought so much that they missed supper. They had their heads down so long that by the time
they looked up all the cattle cubes (their supper) were GONE! They missed it all because they
were too caught up in a battle against each other.
*They also missed the gorgeous sunset right behind
them (not that they probably would have cared about that one anyway!).
Isn't that just like us! How many times have we been in a tiff with a family
member or a good friend and missed the big event or the biggest blessing right
in front of us! Why do we allow “stuff”
to get in our way? Because we’re human! We need to look up more to find the “sunsets”
that God has placed right around us.
Choosing to forgive can be the best
feeling. The other person we’re at odds
with may or may not make the same choice as us but that’s OK...all we can do is keep praying for them to
change their heart. Each and every day
we have a choice. It’s the life “stuff”
we have to be in constant prayer about! TODAY I choose forgiveness!
Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV)
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin
against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive
others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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