Good Morning Wednesday.......
Thank You Father for this new day! Help us to live aware, to choose wisely, to stay close to You, and anchored in Your Truth. Thank You for your Great Love and Mercy, thank You that You Wait For Us and You Strengthen Us. We come to You today, choosing to walk in Your Presence and Light. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ’s Name we pray to You and praise You. Amen. - Forgiving Ourselves: Day 2 - The Love of Our Father This week we are taking a look at self forgiveness, so it is important to understand forgiveness, what it means, and to have a solid example of how that is done. To understand forgiveness, we must understand Love, and to understand Love we must look to The Creator of Love, Our Father. Being that He Is The Creator of Love, it is of the utmost importance to understand how He Loves and He Forgives, then we can begin to understand... The Love of Our Father and true forgiveness. It is prudent to always remember we have a Mighty and Perfect God in Our Father and Creator. Nothing is out of His reach and what He does no one can undo. While we may be having a hard time forgiving ourselves, for something we believe is unforgivable, we must remember: God Our Father Does Not See As We See. We have a "dimly lit glass (1Corinthians 13:12)" that we are looking through. We don't see "the whole picture." I believe it is for this very reason we see Our Father and Our Savior show mercy towards some of the most "fallen" characters In The Bible. We will take a look at some of these examples moving forward, but today we will focus on one fallen character in particular...”The Prodigal Son.” A perfect place to start to understand The Unfailing Love Of God Our Father, and forgiveness, is the parable of “The Prodigal Son.” This parable is a great place to "see" The Love Of Our Father, and that's why He gives us this story in His Word. We are ALL "the prodigal son." We have ALL "fallen short (Romans 3:23)." We have ALL made mistakes and need forgiveness. Fortunately for us, there was ONE Who Did Not Fall Short...Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ Our Savior, and this is where we will find the forgiveness we seek. Today as we read this parable that Our Savior speaks In Luke 15, take special notice of "The Father's" reaction when his son returns. Is he angry? Does he "pitch a fit?" Does he lecture his son and give the old "I told ya so" speech? Does he let his son grovel before him and humiliate him before he accepts him back? The answer is no. Pay careful attention to how the father in the parable treats his son upon return and let "The Seed of Forgiveness" be planted inside of you. Remember, we ALL fall short, but when we make the committed decision to return to Our Father In Heaven, to repent and ask forgiveness for our sins, we will indeed "see"... The Love of Our Father. Have a Great, Loving, Father-Filled Day My Brothers and Sisters! The Love of The Father, The Word Of God: The Parable of The Prodigal Son: “Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. ’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’ “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. “Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’ “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’ “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.” Luke 15:11-32 Bonus Content: https://youtu.be/OpfuKKH_SCE
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