So you think you forgave... but you have not forgotten... well, give it back to God, silly! If you have to give it back 1000 times, do it! Give up the power of grudge-holding, its a weighted blanket of insecurity. And live free!
btw... You know when you have succeeded when it seems like a vague dream someone else told you about a long time ago, and suddenly, you are thinking about something else. True story!
I was on my morning prayer walk with big dog and listening to a preacher talk about the liberty of living free in God. He mentioned those preachers who assume the position of authority over others when a memory of my brat self popped up. I was a fourth grader sitting in church with my Sunday school friends, and we got bored with the sermon and started talking a little too loud. The preacher used this opportunity to show off the "power of himself" by making examples of us in front of the well-to-do Protestant church. Interesting... I forgave the long-buried memory of being shamed, and my thoughts immediately went elsewhere. Interesting... that was buried a long time.
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