Sunday, October 08, 2017

everyone should study forgiveness. everyone. -by (me!) sandra, tvgp

when you study,

as you learn everything you can about forgiveness,

I hope you will end up, as I have;

in awe.

in awe of our ability to experience it; give it; receive it.

and in even greater awe of our ability to interpret that it is in fact, forgiveness, we are giving, receiving, experiencing

I mean,

how do we know?   when and if we have genuinely forgiven ourselves or others?  how is it we know?

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and ask that same question for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control

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and confidence.

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the thing that eluded me for decades, the hardest to come by, the slipperiest, the most fleeting

   -confidence.

as much a stranger to me as a foreign language     -I know its out there..    

I see it, hear it in others..

I can label it, identify it in others..

but, I do not speak it.

and, for some time, I was relieved to learn it was not a fruit of the spirit...

but, the fascinating thing for me personally, is how often people would project it on to me, based on what they see

   -you appear quite confident..

   -you look confident...

  -you sound confident...

but I am here to tell you,

and isn't that fascinating, how a person can appear, look, sound, carry themselves..

do all the things that outwardly signal inner confidence, and yet not have any.

but I do have some now.

how do I know?               I can  ~feeeeel it.

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In Jesus Name,  -of which I am very confident,    -amen!

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