Accepting forgiveness
I'm going through a book on Sat am with my friend Tina called "When Wallflowers Dance" by Angela Thomas I told Tina this morning that if this woman lived here I think we could be friends That actually says a lot for me because I don't trust most women ...christian or not so I don't have too many female friendships.
Anyway ..In the chapter we talked about she's dealing with clear conscience and forgiveness and she talks about the role of society
"We live in such a dark society that I think we've come to accept our society's darkness as an unavoidable part of our own. It can begin to feel as if we are required to pull this ball and chain of guilt and private struggle around with us. Besides, it seems everybody else does it. "
My personal thought on this as well is that "religious people" can make us feel this way They like to judge and focus on "imperfections"
"But it does not have to be so. We belong to God, and He has made a way for us to live in the light. We can live with a clear conscience because of the freedom Christ gives us. We can pursue a clean life even if no one else around us wants to go there, and even if others continue to remind us of our mistakes. We do not have to be shackled to guilt and the shame of poor choices for a lifetime. Because of Jesus, we can serve God with a clear conscience."
I think sometimes this is a hard thing to realize because there are those "toxic" people out there who like to remind us over and over again of our imperfections and failures."
"In case you haven't thought about it lately, when the God of heaven and earth forgives there is nothing that can happen to make it less, and there is nothing you can do to make it more. Forgiven in the name of Jesus means your conscience is clear"
Stop beating yourself up, stop listening to those people who remind you of your failures or imperfections. Surround yourself with people who know how to build you up and who know what it means to forgive and to be forgiven.
Anyway ..In the chapter we talked about she's dealing with clear conscience and forgiveness and she talks about the role of society
"We live in such a dark society that I think we've come to accept our society's darkness as an unavoidable part of our own. It can begin to feel as if we are required to pull this ball and chain of guilt and private struggle around with us. Besides, it seems everybody else does it. "
My personal thought on this as well is that "religious people" can make us feel this way They like to judge and focus on "imperfections"
"But it does not have to be so. We belong to God, and He has made a way for us to live in the light. We can live with a clear conscience because of the freedom Christ gives us. We can pursue a clean life even if no one else around us wants to go there, and even if others continue to remind us of our mistakes. We do not have to be shackled to guilt and the shame of poor choices for a lifetime. Because of Jesus, we can serve God with a clear conscience."
I think sometimes this is a hard thing to realize because there are those "toxic" people out there who like to remind us over and over again of our imperfections and failures."
"In case you haven't thought about it lately, when the God of heaven and earth forgives there is nothing that can happen to make it less, and there is nothing you can do to make it more. Forgiven in the name of Jesus means your conscience is clear"
Stop beating yourself up, stop listening to those people who remind you of your failures or imperfections. Surround yourself with people who know how to build you up and who know what it means to forgive and to be forgiven.
posted by Rochelle @ 11:28 AM
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