Jeremiah 31:3
3the LORD appeared to him[a] from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Footnotes:Jeremiah 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me
The LORD has loved me, Laura with an everlasting love and has proven Himself faithful to me.
Today at church we were given an opportunity to bury our hurts by forgiving those who have hurt us. No longer are we to carry these hurts caused by others, but we are to lay them down. As we placed our cards of forgiveness in the box for burial, it became crystal clear to me that my unforgiving spirit created a huge emptiness between myself and God. I felt as if I had allowed His everlasting love to be replaced by fear, rejection, and loneliness. I long for His perfect peace to cast out fear in difficult circumstances, so now I choose to stand strong in the battle of rejection and loneliness by humbly laying down my hurts. As the clouds of doubt and confusion are cleared from my being, I find comfort knowing that my God was not far away, for He has loved me with an everlasting love and has proven Himself faithful to me.
Today at church we were given an opportunity to bury our hurts by forgiving those who have hurt us. No longer are we to carry these hurts caused by others, but we are to lay them down. As we placed our cards of forgiveness in the box for burial, it became crystal clear to me that my unforgiving spirit created a huge emptiness between myself and God. I felt as if I had allowed His everlasting love to be replaced by fear, rejection, and loneliness. I long for His perfect peace to cast out fear in difficult circumstances, so now I choose to stand strong in the battle of rejection and loneliness by humbly laying down my hurts. As the clouds of doubt and confusion are cleared from my being, I find comfort knowing that my God was not far away, for He has loved me with an everlasting love and has proven Himself faithful to me.
