BREAKING FREE FROM BITTERNESS (9)
Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27, Ephesians 4:31-32
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Title: Breaking Free from Bitterness (9)
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Text: Ephesians 4:26-27, 31-32
Author: Robert Dawson
A popular book that was made into a movie a few years back was Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing. Owens introduces us to a young girl named Kya who lived in the marshes of Barkley Cove, NC. She had a very hard and lonely life. Forgotten and abandoned by virtually everyone, she grew up on her own in the marsh earning her the nickname "Marsh Girl."
Kya was befriended by a young man named Tate. The two of them eventually fell in love and he became the only family she knew or had but Tate wanted to find success elsewhere and left town, promising to return for Kya but he didn't and never wrote to explain why.
One night, after several years, Tate, who still loved Kya, returned to apologiz e and seek her forgiveness. He told her that leaving her that way and not returning as he promised was not only wrong but was the worst thing he had ever done or could ever do. He said that he regretted it every single day but did not think she would ever leave the marsh or be happy anywhere else.
After finishing his apologetic appeal, he watched her until she asked, "Tate, what do you want now?" He said, "If only you could, some way, forgive me."
As Kya looked down, she thought to herself, "Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness?"
That seems like fair and honest question. Why should the injured, the wounded, and offended be the one to bear the weight and responsibility of forgiveness?
That is a question anyone who has ever been hurt or wronged asks. That means it is a question everyone asks.
They say the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes but there is something else just as unavoidable - being hurt, disappointed, and wronged by another. No matter how well you insulate and isolate yourself you will be hurt. It is an indisputable fact of life.
- No one is relational ...
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Text: Ephesians 4:26-27, 31-32
Author: Robert Dawson
A popular book that was made into a movie a few years back was Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing. Owens introduces us to a young girl named Kya who lived in the marshes of Barkley Cove, NC. She had a very hard and lonely life. Forgotten and abandoned by virtually everyone, she grew up on her own in the marsh earning her the nickname "Marsh Girl."
Kya was befriended by a young man named Tate. The two of them eventually fell in love and he became the only family she knew or had but Tate wanted to find success elsewhere and left town, promising to return for Kya but he didn't and never wrote to explain why.
One night, after several years, Tate, who still loved Kya, returned to apologiz e and seek her forgiveness. He told her that leaving her that way and not returning as he promised was not only wrong but was the worst thing he had ever done or could ever do. He said that he regretted it every single day but did not think she would ever leave the marsh or be happy anywhere else.
After finishing his apologetic appeal, he watched her until she asked, "Tate, what do you want now?" He said, "If only you could, some way, forgive me."
As Kya looked down, she thought to herself, "Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness?"
That seems like fair and honest question. Why should the injured, the wounded, and offended be the one to bear the weight and responsibility of forgiveness?
That is a question anyone who has ever been hurt or wronged asks. That means it is a question everyone asks.
They say the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes but there is something else just as unavoidable - being hurt, disappointed, and wronged by another. No matter how well you insulate and isolate yourself you will be hurt. It is an indisputable fact of life.
- No one is relational ...
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