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The hardest person to forgive aren't your enemy or your loved ones, but yourself

I eventually found God's grace for every person who had ever let me down in any way. But forgiving myself for my past mistakes I'd made throughout my life seemed to require far more grace than I could muster.  Whenever I would reflect on what I'd done, or what had been done to me, I would be deceived to think that no one could possibly love me if they knew all the things I've done, and I felt so unworthy of God's love. I was so ashamed.  Does my refusal to forgive myself for my past tells others about the blood that Jesus shed for me? Do i truly believe that His blood has enough power to cleanse me? Do I laid hold of the astonishing truth that there is no spot or stain that cannot be washed away by the blood of Christ? Underlying all of my self-pity was the belief that what Jesus did for me couldn't possibly be enough to rid me of my stain and set me free.  If jesus blood doesnt cover our sin, then his death is a farce.  Paul preached "Righteous...