I know you have heard this saying many times.  "Just let it go."  "Let it go already - get over it."   Easier said than done believe me - I know - been there done it.  If you're anything like I was, your response was, "You don't understand, I just can't let it go, and I'm not going to get over it."  In saying these words I had sealed and called the words into existence to be true.  There is power in our words and in our declarations.  The power of death and life is in the power of the tongue.  So when we say no I can't or won't most likely we won't, because we are speaking these things into fruition.  We are also saying, "no I want to remember the pain, I want to be fearful, resentful and bitter; it is my right after all I've been through."  Why should I get over it or let it go?  Why should I let the one that hurt me get off so easily? 

Brothers and Sisters you should let it go so that you can live!  Forgive the offender and the offense, because it is your fathers perfect will.  Our Lord commands us to forgive others of their offenses, or he will not forgive us of our offenses.  He tells us to forgive 7 X 70 times. The Lord tells us through the Lord's prayer  to  forgive others their trespasses as he forgives us of our trespasses.  It is his will and in his will that we forgive and love one another.  So let it go my brother. Let it go my sister.  It doesn't mean that you're not in pain.  It doesn't mean that the person is getting off easy.  Vengeance is mine says the Lord, and he shall repay or have mercy on whom he chooses.  Our God also says be not mocked whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also  reap. So Place it in the Lord's hands and Let go.   There is no peace in pain, their is no joy in bitterness. 

Maybe you want to let go, but you don't know how to let go.  You let go by telling God all about it - your pain, your hurt, your anger.  Tell God that you're turning it over to him. Trading in your sorrow, your pain, and your shame.  Knowing that he will offer you love, peace and joy for the exchange.  Forgive the one that has wronged you, not for them, or yourself, but for the one that you call Lord.  The one that is Lord over your life. The one that not only forgave you of your sin against him, but sent his only son to die for your sins.  Forgive them, because your love for him is stronger than your anger or hurt for them. Forgive them so that he will forgive you, and that you will know that you would not withhold anything good from God.  Show God that you love him by loving those that are considered unlovable as he has loved us.

Is your heart hardened today?  Are you holding a grudge against your parents, because you believe they did not love and nurture you in physically, mentally, or spiritually healthy environment? That is why you have the issues that you have today.  Are you bitter today, because your spouse has hurt you in so many ways time and time again, and you don't see how you can keep going on in your marriage?  Did someone betray you, and you said in your heart that you will never forgive, no never no never forgive them?  Or has someone hurt someone near to you?  Whatever the offense, or the issue tell God all about it, and tell them these words, "I forgive you, because God has forgiven me."

Grace be unto you,

Sis Stef