In our world and in the society that we live in..our philosophy when dealing with people that are mean, unkind, rude, manipulative or hurtful towards us..we say this..one, two, three times your out..and isn’t that the way we do it..if someone does something to us we say we forgive them but honestly here guys do we really forgive them..or do we keep that eye for an eye thing in the front part of our minds..or do we keep that do unto them as they’ve down unto us in the front part of our minds..for us I believe that forgiveness is the hardest part of our lives..because when dealing with people we always see them for what they’ve done to us..rather than what they’ve done for us..does that make sense…we don’t see the good that people do..we are a type of people that always has our guards up..because we’ve gotten hurt by so many in our lives..we get to that place as to where we trust very few..and even then it’s pretty rocky for us..because words are hurtful..and attitudes are unforgetful…we do remember everything..and we replay them things that others have done to us over and over again and again..because as I said our philosophy is one time, two times three times your out..but when it comes to us and forgiveness we have got to forgive..there isn’t any if, ands or buts about it..it is required for us to forgive..for the bible says that if we don’t forgive we ourselves won’t be forgiven..Matthew 6:15…and as well the Lord says we are to forgive seventy times seven..Matthew 18:21-22..we don’t let people just harm us and or hurt us..but if we hold on to what they’ve done to us..we are the prisoners..not them..but us..because when unforgivness lays in your body..it rottens the very core of our beings..because when you have a problem with someone that’s all you talk about is that other person..so in all reality you really haven’t forgiven them..for if you forgive we are to do as the Lord does and forget..for the Lord takes our mishaps our sins so to speak and cast them into the sea of forgetfulensss..the word says never to brought up against us again..Micah 7:19..so we are to do the same..so today rid your heart from anything and everything that is trying to grab ahold and take root in your life..and let it go..for we will get hurt..we will face many things..but we are to protect ourselves..and we do that by forgiving..we do that by letting go and letting God..we do that by praying for our enemies..Matthew 5:44..and we do that by loving all and not merely few…so today be free in who the Lord wants for you to be..be free with others..and be free in your heart and in your mind..let nothing or no one stand between you and your relationship with Jesus Christ..for anger and bitterness is such a terrible thing for us to have in our lives..for we never grow to be or to become the person the Lord desires for us to be with all that stuff in our hearts and in our minds..so we must believe that to be free we have to be free all the way…we can’t hide our lives from God..so today give the cares and gives the unforgiveness over to Jesus and let Him fix these things for you..let him who stole steal no more away from you and your life..Ephesians 4:28..for the Lord died that we all could have a life of abundance..John 10:10.. let us strive to live that life of abundance…helping ourselves to grow and learn along the way..living our lives by the word of God..living them in complete and total forgiveness..In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi