Have you
had your JOY JUICE today? Drinking in
the JOY of the Lord will help to wash away an angry, bitter taste in your
heart!
Has someone
wronged you, hurt you and you cannot seem to get over it? Are you unwilling to forgive because of what that
person has done? Each of us has been
through…maybe even are going through right now…circumstances that we believe
are unfair and hurtful. We suffer
because of other people’s choices sometimes.
AND THAT IS HARD!!!
In our own
strength, we may find it impossible to forgive and move on. We know that’s what we should do, but oh, how
difficult that is when your heart feels as if someone has ripped it out and
stomped it flat!
Scripture
tells us in Philippians 2:6-7 that Christ set an example for us.
“Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own
advantage; rather, he made
himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”
Jesus
relinquished His “rights and privileges” as the Son of God to live as a
man. He was role-modeling for you and
me….how to empty ourselves of unfruitful emotions…such as anger. Ed Hinson writes: “A person who has truly
emptied himself of all feelings of self-pity, injustice, disgust, and pride in
relation to others has captured the secret of overcoming anger.” (Trusting
God When Times are Tough)
May we each use Jesus as our role model, forgiving those who have hurt
us, moving past the anger and on to genuine JOY!
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