"I AM SORRY!"
THREE OF THE HARDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO SPEAK ARE,"I AM SORRY." YET THERE ARE SCARCELY THREE WORDS IN THE ENTIRE HUMAN VOCABULARY THAT CAN REMOVE MORE TENSIONS, MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND OBSTACLES TO HAPPINESS.
ITS A MIGIC FORMULA. IT WILL OPEN DOORS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN CLOSED, RESTORE TO MANY LIVES A RADIANCE THAT HAS LONG BEEN LOST.
LIFE IS AT ITS BEST WHEN WE CARRY THE LOAD FOR WHICH WE WERE CREATED. INDEED, CHARACTER DETERIORATES WHEN WE CARRY LESS THAN OUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S BURDENS OF LABOR AND RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT THERE IS ONE BURDEN WHICH EVEN THE STRONGEST CANNOT BEAR SUCCESSFULLY, AND THAT IS THE BURDEN OF UNCONFUSED, UNFORGIVING SIN. IF THE BURDEN IS NOT REMOVED, SIN MUST BE CONFESSED.
SINCE EVERY CONCEIVALE SIN IS PRIMARILY A SIN AGINTS GOD, THR FIRST CONFESSION SHOULD BE MADE TO GOD. THIS IS THE SUPREME APPLICATION OF THE FORMULA, "GOD I AM SORRY."
TO CONFESS ONE'S SINS FREELY TO GOD IS ONE OF THE SUPREME VIRTUES OF MAN. TO CONFESS TO OTHER AGAINST WHOM ONE HAS SINNED IS NO LESS IMPERATIVE. AND TO WITHHOLD SUCH CONFESSION IS CERTAINIY ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DEVASTATING SINS.
UNDER ITS BLIGHT, THE PRAYER LIFE WITHERS, THE FAVOR OF GOD DEPARTS, AND THE PERSONALITY REFLECTS THE FACT THAT SOMETHING PRECIOUS HAS BEEN LOST. BEYOND ALL THIS, THERE ACTUALLY DEVELOPS A HATRED TOWARDS THE PERSON WHOM ONE HAS WRONGED. THUS UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFESS MAY INVOLVE ONE IN THE FUTHER SIN OF UNWILLINGNESS TO FORGIVE.
A CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD WAS IN TROUBLE. THE PASTOR HAD EXHAUSTED EVERY MEANS OF RECONCILING THE HUSBAND AND WIFE AND KEEPING THE HOME INTACT. ALL WAS IN VAIN.
THE HUSBAND INSISTED THAT THE WIFE APOLOGIZE TO HIM AND TO HIS FAMILY, SHE INSISTED THAT SHE NEVER WOULD. BOTH WERE GRIEVOUSLY AT FAULT.
BUT TREE WORDS WOULD HAVE SAVED THE HOME. "I AM SORRY." THAT PARTICULAR HOME HAD WITHSTOOD THE RAVAGES OF OTHER SINS FOR FAR MORE GRAVE IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT IT WENT DOWN UNDER THE SIN OF UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFESS, "I AM SORRY."
"BE YE NOT AS THE HORSE, OR AS THE MULE" PSA.32:9 WHICH WILL NOT BE IED EXCEPT BY FORCE. LET NOT STUBBORN EYES REMAIN UNSEEING TILL WASHED BY TEARS OF REMORSE, WHEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO SAY "I AM SORRY."
RATHER, LET HEED BE GIVEN TO THOSE GENTLE PROMPTINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY WHICH HE SEEKS TO LEAD THE SOUL TO CONFESSION, RESTITUTION AND RECONCILIATION. LIFE WILL BE EVEN HAPPIER FOR THOSE WHO MASTER AND FREELY USE THE MAGIC FORMULA,"I AM SORRY."
HAVE YOU WRONGED SOMEONE LATELY? IF YOU THINK NOT, DO YOU AT LEAST KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT YOU HAVE WROUNGED THEM? THEN DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SAY,
"I AM SORRY."
WITH ALL MY LOVE.. BRUCE A. MEDLEN..
ITS A MIGIC FORMULA. IT WILL OPEN DOORS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN CLOSED, RESTORE TO MANY LIVES A RADIANCE THAT HAS LONG BEEN LOST.
LIFE IS AT ITS BEST WHEN WE CARRY THE LOAD FOR WHICH WE WERE CREATED. INDEED, CHARACTER DETERIORATES WHEN WE CARRY LESS THAN OUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S BURDENS OF LABOR AND RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT THERE IS ONE BURDEN WHICH EVEN THE STRONGEST CANNOT BEAR SUCCESSFULLY, AND THAT IS THE BURDEN OF UNCONFUSED, UNFORGIVING SIN. IF THE BURDEN IS NOT REMOVED, SIN MUST BE CONFESSED.
SINCE EVERY CONCEIVALE SIN IS PRIMARILY A SIN AGINTS GOD, THR FIRST CONFESSION SHOULD BE MADE TO GOD. THIS IS THE SUPREME APPLICATION OF THE FORMULA, "GOD I AM SORRY."
TO CONFESS ONE'S SINS FREELY TO GOD IS ONE OF THE SUPREME VIRTUES OF MAN. TO CONFESS TO OTHER AGAINST WHOM ONE HAS SINNED IS NO LESS IMPERATIVE. AND TO WITHHOLD SUCH CONFESSION IS CERTAINIY ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DEVASTATING SINS.
UNDER ITS BLIGHT, THE PRAYER LIFE WITHERS, THE FAVOR OF GOD DEPARTS, AND THE PERSONALITY REFLECTS THE FACT THAT SOMETHING PRECIOUS HAS BEEN LOST. BEYOND ALL THIS, THERE ACTUALLY DEVELOPS A HATRED TOWARDS THE PERSON WHOM ONE HAS WRONGED. THUS UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFESS MAY INVOLVE ONE IN THE FUTHER SIN OF UNWILLINGNESS TO FORGIVE.
A CERTAIN HOUSEHOLD WAS IN TROUBLE. THE PASTOR HAD EXHAUSTED EVERY MEANS OF RECONCILING THE HUSBAND AND WIFE AND KEEPING THE HOME INTACT. ALL WAS IN VAIN.
THE HUSBAND INSISTED THAT THE WIFE APOLOGIZE TO HIM AND TO HIS FAMILY, SHE INSISTED THAT SHE NEVER WOULD. BOTH WERE GRIEVOUSLY AT FAULT.
BUT TREE WORDS WOULD HAVE SAVED THE HOME. "I AM SORRY." THAT PARTICULAR HOME HAD WITHSTOOD THE RAVAGES OF OTHER SINS FOR FAR MORE GRAVE IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT IT WENT DOWN UNDER THE SIN OF UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFESS, "I AM SORRY."
"BE YE NOT AS THE HORSE, OR AS THE MULE" PSA.32:9 WHICH WILL NOT BE IED EXCEPT BY FORCE. LET NOT STUBBORN EYES REMAIN UNSEEING TILL WASHED BY TEARS OF REMORSE, WHEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO SAY "I AM SORRY."
RATHER, LET HEED BE GIVEN TO THOSE GENTLE PROMPTINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY WHICH HE SEEKS TO LEAD THE SOUL TO CONFESSION, RESTITUTION AND RECONCILIATION. LIFE WILL BE EVEN HAPPIER FOR THOSE WHO MASTER AND FREELY USE THE MAGIC FORMULA,"I AM SORRY."
HAVE YOU WRONGED SOMEONE LATELY? IF YOU THINK NOT, DO YOU AT LEAST KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT YOU HAVE WROUNGED THEM? THEN DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SAY,
"I AM SORRY."
WITH ALL MY LOVE.. BRUCE A. MEDLEN..
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