Forgive and Live a Life of Love

"Forgiveness leads to life. 

Unforgiveness is a slow death. Forgiveness is ongoing because once you’ve dealt with the past, constant infractions occur in the present. None of us gets by without having our pride wounded or being manipulated, offended, or hurt by someone. Each time that happens it leaves a scar on the soul if it is not confessed, released, and dealt with before the Lord. Besides that, unforgiveness also separates you from people you love. They sense a spirit of unforgiveness, even if they can’t identify it, and it makes them uncomfortable and distant". excerpt from Stormie Omartian's book, Seven Prayers that Will Change Your Life Forever.

“Lord, help me to have a heart like Yours"  

Cultivate Plant, Water, Weed and Fear Not

We have to cultivate thankfulness and gratitude over bitterness and accusation. We have to be intentional rather than distracted. We have to remind ourselves to think about our change in that new light we are cultivating.

It’s not a choice; it’s a hundred choices, a thousand choices, and then a hundred thousand choices.

If we keep doing that, it’s like we’re planting a seed and then watering the ground, fertilizing around it, and weeding it. First we see the shoot, then the leaf, and finally the flower.

In other words, we can grow to cherish thankfulness and gratitude.  We create the grooves by what we do, what we think about, and how we respond until it becomes our default mode of relating.

taken in part from a message by Gary Thomas from the book Cherish

Mix It All Together You May Get Great Bisquits

Happy New Year 2017.....
Most everything I post I have found somewhere and I always try to give credit where credit is due.  The following prayer came through Facebook share, originally from Justin Cross.  It's a cowboy way  of saying what we see, feel or taste by itself may not be the end product.  I think of it kinda like me, without Jesus and my faith I'm not the same person..enjoy