I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard someone talking about moving trucks. There was a reference made, during this particular show, regarding the fact that WE can sometimes become our own personal “U Haul” trucks. How? Well, by carrying around feelings of hurt, anger or unresolved situations that involve someone else, we basically are “hauling” issues with us 24/7 that are weighing us down.
I really could relate to this. You see, I once had someone in my life that continually hurt me. I carried anger with me constantly regarding this person… and then they died. Even after his death, I still struggled with the feelings I had surrounding our relationship… Until I realized two things: 1) the anger I was harboring was hurting only me and 2) how could I expect God to forgive me of my sins if I couldn’t even forgive people that had hurt me?
I must admit, it wasn’t an overnight – snap my fingers – kind of thing to forgive this person… it took time. And, just because I forgave, doesn’t mean I forgot. (I think that could be irresponsible in a lot of forgiveness situations.) Also, while it would be great to receive an “I’m Sorry” or a change of action on the offenders part before or after the act of forgiveness – I personally don’t think that should necessarily be a prerequisite for the actual act to take place. I feel if I were to place restrictions on someone, I wouldn’t really be offering sincere forgiveness.
So, how do we unload our baggage? How do we unload our U Haul? I’d do it one piece at a time. And, as with everything else, God will be there to help you. He’ll gladly ease your load.
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