Forgiveness.

Hey, so, ya...

I've meant to post this for a few days now. I mean, I didn't want to cell phone blog this post.

This is something I kinda need to deal with.

You see, forgiving someone can be very hard. Grudges form when you don't forgive someone. I kinda have a couple grudges and they are getting in the way of life. xP

You see, I have this grudge against KL who works in deli / bakery. I have blogged about him before. I don't know why exactly, but I hate his guts. He has never done anything against me directly before so I don't see why I should hate him. I have also never done anything for him. We rarely talk to each other and when we do it is very breif and work related.

Secondly, I kinda have a grude against JR, one of my housemates. The way he does things bugs me, his laugh bugs me, his constant singing bugs me, his face bugs me, his obsession with protein shakes and working out bugs me, all the unrinsed frying pans bug me, the unwashed blender bugs me, the bowls containing dried raspberry bug me. This all adds up to me disliking him to the point of avoidance, not talking to him and kinda ya... making things in our house troublesome.

Ya.... I know it's not all his fault. I know it's partially because I havn't told him that it bugs me. But, I definately need to forgive him and get over this.

There was this video that we saw during the NEST presentation during main session at Winter Conference. I was tearing up at the end. I even knew how it would end way before it did, but I was still almost crying..... xP



If people can forgive murder and rape and other things that are way worse than not washing a frying pan, why can't I forgive them..?

Oh Heavenly Father, Lord, how great you are. How amazing your love and forgiveness. You say that if we just confess our sins to You, that You will both forgive us and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness. Lord, I thank you so much for your death on the cross, how you paid the price for our sins and reconciled us to you, once and for all. Lord, I'm sorry for these grudges I have held against my housemate and my coworker. Lord, this is not how you have called us to act. You have called us to be loving and forgiving and to be a light to the world. I pray that you would clean my heart, destroy all unforgiving thoughts and help me to be a better person around them, showing your love through my actions. Lord, I thank you for all you have done for me and pray that I could at least try to do the same for others, or bring others to know how much you have done for them. In your name I pray, Amen.

With God we can do anything. With Him we can overcome evil. Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." I hope that I can overcome these situations with the ultimate good, God and His Holy Spirit within me.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS- there are like 2 other posts I want to do from my laptop... xP