Ok, so I have been hooked on Kevin LeVar's song, "A Heart that Forgives." It convicts my hard heart EVERY time I listen to it. Even though the video is powerful, I don't even need to watch it; the words are enough.
I was listening to it this morning and I had a picture of someone's face in my mind. When I thought of the hurt that this person caused me, I just cried because I don't want to let go of the sin that she did against me. My anger IS righteous. I have been disguising my unforgiveness of her as "caution." I'm saying I'm just being cautious but truthfully, it's unforgiveness. But Scripture says, "For if you forgive [people] when the sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive [people] men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins" (Matthew 6:14,15).
At the end of his song, he says over again, "Lord you can have it...cause I don't want it no more." Unforgiveness is real. It can keep you locked into a hell that is unimaginable. It can keep you broken when healing is your desire. It can keep you imprisoned in a vicious cycle of pain and hatred when freedom is your true choice. Jesus has the key...but we have to be willing to let him unlock us from unforgiveness.
Blessings!
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