More About Living Forgiven
Along with thoughts about gossip.
As stated a few posts ago, there is no way to live happy, abundant, and free without understanding and practicing forgiveness.
Forgiveness operates only in the context of relationships, therefore it involves more than processing thoughts out of our own brains. It must have an active component as well.
It will; it must change our behavior.
Forgiving others continually is called Grace.
Grace-filled people become graceful people.
They develop the ability to move and be within a bubble of peace, love, and inner joy, regardless the actions and attitudes of others.
It isn’t so much about erecting barriers to keep others out, it is developing the ability to accept others as they are, and we are all flawed, imperfect, and weak people in need of grace.
Grace-filled people are attractive to others because they are safe to be around. They are trustworthy because they do not manipulate others through bartering secret knowledge. They never try to elevate themselves in anyone else’s eyes by gossiping away secrets shared in confidence.
When we are tempted to share secrets in order to make ourselves feel important or special, it is at least in part due to the fact we have never experienced the forgiveness I am writing about at the soul level. We have never allowed God or others into vulnerable areas of our own lives enough to experience deep life-changing forgiveness ourselves.
Once anyone has, however, there is no going back. When they understand how deep and wide their own forgiveness truly is, it results in transformation, metamorphosis, a new beginning as new creatures.
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.