Remember back to that
first time you felt unconditionally accepted by someone who REALLY knew
you. That acceptance could not have been possible if resentment had grabbed a
foothold. Resentment amounts to hatred, and that
resentment would have been against YOU!
I love that old maxim, "Let go, and let God." It's
the things we can't handle that God promises
to take on for us! WE don't have to learn to overcome or overlook
someone else's shortcomings, that's God's job. WE are called to love. WE are called to forgive. Once we realize this, what a heavy burden is lifted from our shoulders!
If by chance, the FACT
that you're right and someone else is wrong is your justification for harboring
resentment, remember the principles of love in
I Corinthians 13: 4-8:
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or
boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not
irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad
about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up,
never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Love will last for ever."
With this in mind, dare
we waste any more time harboring resentments and burying our heads, when we
should be enjoying life, embracing love and living more fully? Let's do ourselves a favor - let's
let go. and let God!
Steve Goodier, publisher
of Your Life Support System
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