Prophecy

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Learn to Forgive Yourself
Shared by Patricia Backora, author of the book
Tough Love in Christ's Millennium
Which you can order online from: http://www.publishamerica.com

My, how the devil loves to dredge up your past mistakes, to distract you from the magnitude of My grace and mercy toward you. I speak most especially to My more mature saints, who have lived a long life and often pause to reflect on the many things I’ve brought them through.

If you made mistakes as a young parent, it is easy to look back and browbeat yourself for them, even if your child has blossomed into a wholesome, loving adult. That is satan attacking you! He hates the great progress you’ve made in the Life of Faith, and the work I’ve done in your soul to perfect you into My glorious image. So he fights dirty by poking around in your past and saying: “You could have done so much better, ought to have been more patient, loving or attentive toward your child(ren), husband or wife, etc.

Now that you’re a bit more mature and the pace of your life is a bit slower, forgive the tired young parent or spouse you once were. You’ve gained the wisdom of hindsight, but this blessing never comes without the price of painful experience! This kind of wisdom helps make wonderful grandparents and pleasant companions in later life.

If you once were were poorer financially, and beset with countless pressures, you might have been less cheerful about giving to the needy or showing unexpected hospitality, especially on a big scale. I brought you through that difficult phase of your life, even though your attitudes and emotions weren’t always the noblest. Now that your schedule isn’t quite so jam-packed, forgive the harried, high- pressured, poor person you once were.

If your life was once so fast-paced and backlogged that you hardly had time to devote yourself to the things of My Kingdom, forgive yourself for what the enemy tells you were wasted years. Even then, I was daily with you and teaching you about My great faithfulness. Those years were definitely not wasted!

Maybe you made some clumsy mistakes in personal relationships many years ago. Forgive that immature young person with the raging hormones! All of My dear children trip and fall as they learn to walk.

If you find that your life is very rich and fulfilling, though not nearly so burdened and high-pressured as it used to be, then count your many blessings. During those years you felt overwhelmed by life’s incessant demands, you found it much harder to stop and smell the roses I made, or admire the beauty of the lilies. So many things crowded your field of vision you couldn’t see the forest for all the trees whizzing by.

But now that I’ve brought you out into a pleasant meadow, look back with thanksgiving for all I did to sustain you during those difficult years. That’s the right way to reminisce.

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