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Yesterday I encouraged you to examine your relationships. If you are like me, you noticed that there are some people you are holding some frustration towards. Maybe some who have hurt you and, maybe even some you feel outright anger towards. Or it is a long simmering resentment? No doubt they hurt you.

Consider taking some time to listen to what God may be wanting from you. Is He asking you to soften your heart and shift your thoughts and feelings toward them? Is He asking you to share your pain with Him and release them by forgiving them? Or…perhaps He is asking you to take some concrete steps to extend yourself in some way to them….towards reconciliation? Remember back to a time when someone released you. Can you reflect on what it felt like to be offered forgiveness for some hurt you had caused to another? What a beautiful feeling that is.

As we inch closer to celebrating the day God came to earth, consider what “peace on earth, goodwill towards men”, looks like in your own life.

Grace and peace,
Deb