Now i dont know that one thing has anything to do with another...but just to make a point...in my 25 years of helter skelter living with drugs and booze...and especially those last 10 or so years....i didnt give a hoot about much of nothing. I lived the life of booze and drugs and all the craziness and madness that goes with it in pretty much self destruct mode... and... I didnt much care if i lived or died and didnt really much care if anyone else did. In many ways i was filled with hate...anger and im thinking that forgiveness wasnt in my vocabulary? Now dont get me wrong...i was not a Charlie Manson type...though i did have a few loose screws...i was in some ways a good person...a friend to some folks...there was a few folks that im pretty sure i loved...and that might sound like im contradicting myself...but....to anyone that has been there done that in living that life and the insanity and darkness that surrounds you day by day with satan showing you the way...you get my meaning...there is a method to the madness in ones head! Then at age 40 Jesus finally got thru my thick skull and hard heart and i changed...big time! I was born-again and made a new creation by the power of the Holy Spirit...God Himself...who came to live in me! So with all that said...today...and with this scripture in mind that i take as very serious business....."but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses"...Matthew 6:15...Now...for me...and this doesnt happen very often...when someone says or does something in a hurtful way...it truly takes me about 10 minutes to put it behind me...let it go...and continue on with the peace...joy...contentment that i have each and everyday thru the Lord Jesus Christ...almost like water off a ducks back....all by the power of the Holy Spirit...God Himself...who came to live in me! That is as far as the east is from the west as to the person i use to be. And when something happens that hurts my little feelings...right then and there i just tell my heavenly Father that i forgive them...because...no one...is going to ruin my day in any way...shape or form and especially because i...me...myself...i refuse to harbor unforgiveness in my heart over something. My go to in that moment or the short time after...All i do is sit down and read Psalms 23 on my cellphone...or...call it out from memory... and ask Jesus for peace and strength and guess what...God lovingly gives it to me! Folks like to quote..."i can do all things thru Jesus who gives me strength"...do we believe that? Heres what i know....i can not live the christian life...i must let Jesus live His life thru me! Getting over being mad and forgiveness can be hard...but...to quote another scripture.... “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”.....Think about it!
I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!
Rick j Sane
I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!
Rick j Sane
