Playing Telephone

PLAYING TELEPHONE

Are you old enough to have played “Telephone” as a child?  In telephone, the first person in a line whispers a phrase to the person standing to their right.  Each person repeats the phrase to the person to their right, until the whispered phrase has made it to the end of the line.  Then the last person repeats what they heard.  The results can be hilarious.

Try as we might, our memories are imperfect.  We are unable to accurately remember every detail, so our well-meaning brains fill in the blanks with plausible created memories that we will believe are true.

Watch any trial and you will see a variety of testimonies that are completely incompatible with one another.  The longer the time between the crime and the trial, the more likely facts will be embellished, altered or omitted, even if everyone is striving to be truthful.

Why do I say all of this?  Because the enemy is bent on killing, stealing and destroying (John 10:10).  If he can’t kill our body, he will kill our relationships, steal our peace and destroy our hope.

Here it comes— the “F” word—Forgiveness.  The sooner we decide to forgive, the easier it will be to do so.  The longer we wait, the more time there is for the enemy to whisper lies in our ear, for resentments to grow and become squatters in our soul, resisting every attempt to evict them.

We need to treat them like flaming coals in our hand, because the longer we hold on to them, the more we will be burned.

Forgiveness isn’t for wimps, but it is for the wise.  Hand those burning coals over to the Lord so your healing can begin.

Scripture gives us wise counsel.

““In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,” – Ephesians‬ ‭4:26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Father, we need help to let go of anger and resentment quickly. Forgiveness is such a hard thing to do.  Heal our wounds as we release them to You.  Whisper again the words, “I forgive you” in our ear.  Then help us to whisper the same to the brothers to our left and to our right.  In Jesus’ Name ❤️

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