Pure Forgiveness
Brace yourself this was meant to be a short status but turned into a book because there are those times where my brain is running full speed and i actually can process it on paper, or computer! So today I realized that Jesus never said "BUT"... I am so guilty of praying for other people or situations but always reminding God of the hurt or disappointment they caused me, and i started thinking about that today...I guess the best way to put it is giving forgiveness without actually relinquishing my tight grasp on the situation and truly letting it go... Today my brain was going a thousand miles a minute and i couldn't help but be brought back to the story of Jesus on the cross. I thought about the thief that hung there and the conversation that took place between two men- very different in every way... I've read this many times and heard it over my life, but it's truly fascinating to me how at different seasons of my life, different things stand out. I...