Message of forgiveness from God...
Many times in life we struggle with our past and fail to walk in our potential future. Let me make a profound
statement...
Your past or present has nothing to do with what God can do for your future! God says, "In spite of what you
used to be, I can still bring you out!
I know that you've been a dog, but I can still bring you out!
I know that you've been an alcoholic, drug user, or drug dealer, but I can still bring you out!
I know that you've slept with half of DC., MD., CA., TX., & VA, or even committed adultery, but I can still bring
you out!
I know that you've been divorced or married more than once, and I even know that the person that you maybe
living with NOW is not your husband or wife, but, I can still bring you out!
I know that you've had abortions or had children out of wedlock, but I can still bring you out!
I know that you have bad credit and now you want a house, but I can still bring you out!
I know that they call you by your problem and not your name -- I can still bring you out!
I even know that you are still struggling in some areas, but I can still bring you out!
TRY ME!
There is no past or present too troubled and no person that God can't redeem.
He took a murderer name Moses and made him a prophet.
He took a pimp named Abraham (if you wonder why I called him that, go back to Genesis and see how many
times he sold his wife off for possession because he was afraid of being killed) and made him the father of
many nations.
He took a liar and a cheat named Jacob and made him a prince named Israel and blessed his seed...
He took a prostitute named Rahab, called her blessed and changed her profession!
He took a Christian hater named Saul and made him The Great Apostle Paul.
Stop acting like these people did not exist, or like those Bible stories were just Tall Tales. Those people were
real, and they lived and breathed on this very same PLANET that you're living on right now!!!
I could go on and on. If God used those people, he can certainly use you. So what you've had a bad past?
That is the problem---you keep living in the past. God wants to bring you into the present and develop you a
great future! He says it best in 2Cor.5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has
gone, the new has come!"
Hold on my brothers and sisters your change is coming. No more low self-esteem! No more worries about
your credit history!
No more worries about whether he is going to pay child support or not!
If you fix your mind on The Christ, He'll bring compassion and understanding to your creditors. He'll make that
joker pay you child support and back pay.
Hallelujah!!! Glory to God!
Do you realize that most people have lost their mind over many of the situations that WE survived? We made
it through! Sometimes we need to just thank God for survival.
Oh, you don't hear me!
We are always looking for a long, drawn out testimony, but here's a short one from an endless testimonial list
that's common to many:
A woman's husband cheated on her and left her, but she survived it. She thought she'd be on Prozac for the
rest of her life, but God healed her wounds.
We are Survivors.
So, stop right where you are, stand up and give yourself a high five because you made it. Now look at your
coworker, loved one, or just the person next to you, and say, "I made it!"
"Glory to God!"
They may not understand, but you know what time it is!
Stop trying to make people understand you and praise God anyhow!
Folks, after all you've been through and you're still serving the Lord???... YOU ARE A SURVIVOR!!!
I thank God for being a survivor, and God has brought you out of some things too. Just scroll the memories
in your mind, and you'll see that I'm right. The truth be told, many of you even had suicidal thoughts as a
result of your past problems and situations, but God brought you out. (Oh, I believe I got a few witnesses...).
Most people could not go through the things you've encountered and make it.
Others have given up on life and are homeless, insane, strung out, or dead.
But God brought you out so that He can bring you into the joy of life and so you can be a worker for Him!!!
In the Graveyard are Dreams Deferred. There are paintings not painted, songs not sung, buildings not built,
goals not reached, callings not answered.
Will you go through this life and never answer your calling?
Repeat after me...
"GOD HAS BROUGHT ME OUT FOR A REASON. I SURVIVED BECAUSE HE HAS A PLAN FOR ME. ALL THE
BAD RELATIONSHIPS, ALL THE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, THE BAD CREDIT, THE REPOSSESSIONS, THE
DEATH OF MY LOVED ONES, THE BACK STABBING'S FROM MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE NEGATIVE
THOUGHTS, THE LACK OF SUPPORT.
I MADE IT BECAUSE I AM BLESSED IN THE CITY, BLESSED IN THE FIELDS, BLESSED WHEN I COME AND
WHEN I GO. I RELEASE AND I LET GO OF ALL PAST HURTS, MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND GRUDGES
BECAUSE I AM BLESSED!
I RECOGNIZE THEM AS THE ILLUSIONS THAT THEY ARE, FOR GOD IS ALL THERE IS. "ALL ELSE IS A
LIE."
I love you, but God loves you even more. Be blessed, and live your life at one with the Spirit of the Living
God!!!
~ Author Unknown ~