Good morning!  Are we faithing? Forgiveness. One of the hardest things to do sometimes. Forgiving ones self is probably  the toughest. You screw up, you realize it, you berate yourself over it and the enemy has a way in to throw it back at you. Someone hurts you deep. You think you have forgiven them,(you said it didn't you?), but when ever they come near that feeling rises up again. Denial. You refuse to accept them, "I forgive them but I will not forget", being conscious of danger is fine but we do have to forget the infraction. We may choose to not hang out with that person but is it just that their personality drives you nuts or are you still harboring resentment? These are things that haunt us all. We need to make a conscious effort to truly forgive and to get past the hurt feelings. Like we've said before, the root of it, like most things is selfishness.  Wahhhh! You hurt my wittle feewings! Grow some skin there and realize you've done it too! Inadvertently and on purpose. We all have lashed out when our feelings have been rubbed to hard. We flat HAVE to to what is right for no other purpose but it's right. We HAVE to forgive at a minimum to save our own spiritual self and because God told us to. Your feelings will heal but if we don't obey God, they wont. Here's an example and I want you to think about this while applying it to situations you encounter this week;

Exodus 23:4-9
   "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him. You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty. And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just. And you shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for teaching us your statues. Help us see the truth and ways you designed so we live freer and content lives. Lord, we seek your face and want to act righteously but we struggle. We ask for wisdom of your grace applied in all situations. Help us truly forgive, even past things that still haunt We lift those mentioned to you and all the unspoken things. Help us be courageous enough to live according to your will, in Jesus name, amen