When do we really let it go? Forgiveness can be very hard to do for some people. We really feel that if someone has wronged us, we will never let it happen again. So we tend to use the defense of being” guarded” If you will. As Christians we realize that it is our duty to forgive, we know that we should be different from the world. If the truth be told, we say …”oh I forgave that person a long time ago “. Believe it or not, if someone were to question you regarding the offense, and you are able to recall what you were wearing, the day the offense happened  , what the person did or said and the pain you said you were delivered from, did you really let it go?

How do you measure if you have really been delivered and are truly able to forgive that person?  Well let’s line it up with what God’s word says about it. (Colossians 3:13) tells us We Must Forgive as God forgave us. Letting it go can be difficult, however, (Jeremiah 32:34) says that God remembers our sins no more Hallelujah! He allows us to realize that we have to measure up. If our God was anything like us holding on, and remembering how much we have hurt him when we did not obey, where would we be? Further what if, every time we needed to get a prayer through, God remembered our filthy ways?  We would most definitely be in trouble.

You know the old cliché that we use “Life is to short”, but how much time are we being robbed of, by not really letting it go? So the next time you are asked the question about how you were wronged or offended, make it right by not remembering.