Debts Forgiven

Our Father in Heaven, Your name be honoured as holy. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13

Yesterday, in the blog Fruit of Forgiveness, I mentioned the need for myself to show fruit that meant I had forgiven my ex-husband. I had said I would call him and I did. We had a good, lively conversation in which he welcomed me to call him any time.

I suppose because of the fact that I had thought I had forgiven and discovered there was bits still lingering I chose to again study forgiveness because the channel out of which the Holy Spirit flows in my life must be free of rocks and I sensed I had a rock blocking the way.

In my study bible the footnotes indicate that the original Greek grammar indicated that the disciples pray for forgiveness from God only after having first expressed forgiveness to others.

This leads me to wonder what causes us to not see the rock. Perhaps it was hidden under layers of pain, perhaps blindness to self-righteousness. What ever was the cause it was discovered and dealt with.

I am aware that forgiveness towards others will release forgiveness towards myself. My divorce caused pain in my family and for my part I needed forgiveness from my children, perhaps it can now flow.

Relational problems, especially between mother and child can be devastating, you discover walls where once was relationship.

I want to see healing in my family, open, free communication, love expressed easily.

My judgement of my husband's sin was a blockage to me. To put aside judgement and reach out in friendship is a challenge that I took.

As I also lead others to healing I must be healed to bring total healing. I can't have lame and broken individuals going out from DivorceCare. Amen!