This denied forgiveness is present in each of us. Often, like myself, for example, we are not even aware of it. We have been hurt, disappointed, lied to, insulted, laughed at and perhaps slandered and we suppress it and continue to live with it. I only became aware of it when I was writing my last post and, although only a few days have passed since then, a lot has happened since I realized it.
Confession of sin followed from the knowledge of sin. I called a very good friend and I confessed my guilt first to him and then to God. Since I am currently unable to fall to my knees and ask my Lord and God for forgiveness due to surgery on both knees, I did so internally and mentally. It hurt so much to remind myself again of the situation in which I withheld my forgiveness from a loved one. And then I went to this person and confessed my guilt.
And these steps have been so important. Because now that I have confessed my sin to God, it no longer has the power to influence me negatively. Now access to God is open and free again. Because through sin and the refused forgiveness I have not only distanced myself emotionally from the person but also from God. I always believed that, but over the years HE became almost a shadowless figure.
And because I am so happy that God himself gave me this knowledge, I am sharing it with you here. I would like to ask you to check carefully whether there is perhaps that one person who refuses to forgive you. Maybe you experienced that your father left the family and went to another woman, maybe you experienced that your wife left you, maybe your best friend betrayed you, maybe you were slandered by people who were close to you, maybe you were you were excluded or perhaps your parents treated you unlovingly.
Things like this happen and I know from my own experience how great the pain can be.
Have you forgiven these people? Or does the thought of it still make your blood boil?
Then come clean before God and these people. And you, like me, will experience becoming free. Take someone you trust by your side and confess it, bring it to light and make it public, in a very small way. And then go before God together and confess your guilt and ask God for forgiveness.
And God will forgive you!
I'm experiencing it, now, at this very moment.
Be blessed!
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