Love
Prospers
When A Fault Is Forgiven,
But
Dwelling On It Separates Close Friends.
Scripture
Proverbs
17
Observation
When
we fight … and all “honest” healthy married couples fight or at
least strongly argue … and when we do, it is easy for us to bring up
past hurts and wrongs; it is easy for us to get “historical” when
things get “hysterical”.
Blame
shifting is as old as Adam and Eve. Do you remember how quickly they
tried to shift the blame when they were caught eating the forbidden
fruit?
– Accepting
the blame even if we don't believe we are wrong, offering forgiveness
even when we are sure that we are the one who has been wronged, that
my friend is the Biblical way for our love to prosper!
Letting
go of past hurts and wrongs… though it is way easier said than
done … is totally necessary in any relationship!
I
love you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?
These
are three short sentences that you and I better memorize and we
better use a lot if we want any relationship to prosper.
Application
I
will forgive and forgive and forgive. I will accept the blame for my
sins and my short comings and I will not try to shift the blame on to
someone else. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, it is easy for me to want to retaliate when someone treats me
unfairly. To be honest there is something inside of me that makes me
want to get even. But I also have Your Holy Spirit living inside of
me and He is telling me to let it go and to forgive. Help me listen
to Your Holy Spirit. Don't let me respond back in the flesh. I am
forgiven. I need to forgive. I need to let go of and not hang on to
any bad feelings that I may have for anyone. Help me not to blame
anyone else for my short comings and my faults. Help me to be a
person of integrity.
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 42,43; Psalms 5; Luke 17; I added Psalm 17,
Psalm 37, Proverbs 17
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