“In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.” ~Psalm 120:1
How good God is to care about EVERYTHING in our lives. He cares when we hurt or are burdened. He offers to carry it for us and so often we don’t let him.
I had prayed for a relationship to be restored for months. I asked God that if it wasn’t to be restored that he would give clarity and understanding, that he would bring release from it if it was not going to be restored.
God answered. He brought clarity and understanding and most importantly, and by those, He brought liberty.
For a relationship to be restored there must be effort on both sides of the equation. Both parties must come to the table and agree to move past whatever is hindering the relationship. Both parties must come to a point of forgiveness. However when one party chooses to hold on to bitterness and chooses to be unforgiving, then they are making the choice to walk away from the relationship. They decide that their bitterness is more important than friendship and restoration. This grants closure and release for you as long as you have done what is right and have sincerely sought restoration. There does come a point where you can do no more and you must leave it in God’s hands. Continue to pray for them, continue to love them, but it is actually okay to do this from a distance.
The sin is against God, not you personally.
Fully grasping this truth brings so much understanding and clarity which, in turn, brings closure and the liberty to move on.
It sets you free.
This new found freedom is such a blessing, I decided to share it over at Chatting At the Sky’s Tuesday’s Unwrapped.
