God is absolutely the coolest.
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So when you think, for
me at least, when I think I
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figured it all out,
when I think I've healed.
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Not only have I healed and
done this forgiveness thing,
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I can teach about this.
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I do Women's Ministry
and teach about this stuff.
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And yet then something
like today happens, and God
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brings all that to the
surface that there is still
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within me something that I
have to deal with, that I have
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to look at, and He does
it in such a gentle way.
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He just says, you know
what Hon, you're stuck here,
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your lost here.
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I don't know if you saw
what just happened here with
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me and this
guy, this club owner.
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Everything that I wanted to
say to him, I wanted to grab
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him by the throat, when
I first met him coming into
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the studio, and
I'm not like this.
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I just want to say, you
know what, I am so not wanting
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you to talk right now.
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I'm having people pray for
me and help me do this show.
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And all of a sudden I
hear his story, his damage,
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and there is a part of me
that just wants to say man,
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I thought it was all
me, I thought I was the
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only one damaged here.
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And I want to say
I'm sorry, I want to say,
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you know what I forgive you.
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And in saying that and
feeling that and going there,
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my whole being just
feels like I stepped into
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another place with God.
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A better understanding of
what He is trying to do with
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us here, not only forgive
us, not only receiving that.
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Not only as healing
by stepping into that
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relationship, but I
want you so to forgive the
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other person, the
person that damaged you,
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because they are damaged too.
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They are damaged too and I
am working with all of you guys.
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And there is healing that
happens there, and then I'm
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thinking, in my devotions
this morning I'm going through
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this passage on forgiveness.
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I'm thinking God,
how funny is that.
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How funny is it that
today, the show and this about
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forgiveness, and I feel
like God just smiled and
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said Hon, it's about
time that you got that.
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So, I want to share with
you what God was trying to
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share with me before I
even came on this program so
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that I could be
ready to go there.
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To learn about this forgiveness.
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It says that we all suffer
from brokenness in our lives.
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In our
relationship with God and in our
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relationships with others.
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Brokenness tends to weigh
us down, and it can easily
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turn us back
into our addictions.
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It can easily set us up
for failure, recovery isn't
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complete until all the areas of
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our brokenness are healed.
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And towards the end of my
devotions for this morning
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it says, giving and receiving
forgiveness is an essential
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part of our present healing.
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This requires that we
make peace with God, with
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ourselves and with
those who have alienated.
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I didn't even know that I
alienated some club owner,
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I did know that.
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It wasn't even something
that I was physically aware of.
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So let me go back to this.
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So once we go through the
process of making of amends,
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we must keep our minds
and hearts open to anyone who
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maybe we have overlooked.
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God will often remind us
of relationships that need
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attention, when these
come to mind we should stop
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everything and go to
those who we have offended
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or that have offended us.
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And to go to those in
to say man, forgive me.
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It is really interesting
to me after this program,
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all of a sudden I am feeling
a whole weight off of me.
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I'm feeling when Michael's
side can you forgive me?
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I can even tell you I even
wanted to weep and wanted to say
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you know what, thank you
so much for offering me that.
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For giving me even
the realization that
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I still had all that junk.
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And I wanted to say
God, how cool are You!
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That You never let up
on us, that you never stop
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in bringing us further
and further into our healing.
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So if you have somebody
that you still are having
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stuff against, man forgive them.
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And until then
see a next time on
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Celebrating Life In Recovery.
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