My heart is filled with great joy today!!! Many of you know my story of suffering and how I hurt many of my friends and family during that time. Last night, the Lord moved in my spirit and He told me to look up one of those great friends that I had hurt. I found him online instantly and emailed him! I asked him for forgiveness and congratulated him on his success. I found his resume online and he has an electrical engineering degree from CSU and he is a very successful engineer in his field! The dude is crazy smart! I am so proud of him and so thankful to God! I also told him about what God has done with my book and blog. This morning, I checked my email and he emailed me back! Praise God! It was so good to hear from him after losing touch for almost 7 years!
Brother G-child, if you are reading this, thank you for emailing me back! My heart is just exploding with joy right now! You were always a great friend and we had some great times together! I enjoy those memories still today! It is so good to hear about your life and I look forward to meeting up in October for that 55k ultra race you are running in Sedalia! You are a wild man! Thank you for your forgiveness and for receiving me as a brother in Christ! God bless you man! I love you brother! I never stopped praying for you and the fam!
I am living proof that God forgives, heals, and reconciles! Hallelujah!!! Let that be a testimony before God and man!
If you missed the post where I talked about my regrets about the people I hurt and the post where I confessed regarding my time wrestling God, please read those below. I openly confessed what I went through during my time of suffering and how God redeemed it all! He is still doing that even now! He is making all things new!
I did not know how my old friend would receive me, but he received me in love and forgiveness and for that I am forever grateful! I never want to dishonor God, my friends, or my family ever again! I have been trained by God’s discipline and I just want to stay right by His side forever and walk humbly with the Lord all the days of my life! Amen!
Remember this promise folks:
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9
Remember to treat each other in love this way:
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
And above all else, please remember this:
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32
That is what my brother in Christ did for me today! That forgiveness has set my heart free! He is a very good friend that is like family to me and I desperately needed to seek his forgiveness. It is so amazing that he emailed me back! I am just so happy and at peace right now! Praise God! I am really looking forward to seeing you brother!
My friends all over the world, please, confess your sins, be healed, be forgiven, and be at peace!
In the Name of Jesus who loves you!
Grace and peace to you all!
Thank you Jesus!!!
God IS amazing! God bless you for your openness and honesty, and I’m so happy that He has reconciled you with an old friend. Hallelujah indeed!!!
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Amen, thank you! I am so pumped and thankful to the Lord!
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Wow beautiful post. I had something very similar to me the other day. I got a facebook message from some random person telling me he had bullied me in school and that he was sorry he hurt me; I didn’t remember any of it. But without thinking; I said I don’t care when it was or what happened; I forgive you. It felt so good because I’m sure he had been carrying that around for so long. Forgiveness is what God call us to do and at the end of the day we feel better. Grudges are like poison. Thanks so much for this.
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That is awesome brother! Thanks for the encouragement too! Praise God!
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Amen
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Rejoicing with you! God is so faithful, and it is so beautiful when broken relationships are so wonderfully restored!! You are truly an inspiration!
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Thank you Lynn! God is worthy of all glory and praise! God bless you!
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Praise the Lord, forgiveness is sweet. Our God is good and faithful.
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Yes He is! Amen, so sweet and I needed it big time! God bless you!
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