tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437615004471002791.post7392118281400884318..comments2024-01-14T11:37:25.350-05:00Comments on Letting Go - Finding Hope through Al-Anon: Humility and Wicked stepmothersGrace-WorkinProgresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386539822343069884noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437615004471002791.post-65963884084836502322013-04-12T15:37:48.851-04:002013-04-12T15:37:48.851-04:00i applaud you. this is not at all an easy thing to...i applaud you. this is not at all an easy thing to do. i've had to wrestle with God so many times when i felt him prompting me to "pray for those who persecute you or despitefully use you"... i.e., this person in my life that i had to walk away from and have tried to love from afar. it's so difficult to not be bitter in the first place. but then to pray for them? i sometimes question how God could expect that from me. or ask it of me. and i question how exactly i am supposed to pray... not even knowing the words. i have to ask His spirit to intercede and pray for me, because i don't know what to utter. and i know He knows this, and is okay with it, because as long as i am being obedient {or receptive to his nudging me to pray}, then my heart is in the right place. also, i remember about how much God has forgiven me. then i realize it would be beyond hypocritical to not forgive and pray for someone i struggle not to hold bitterness toward. i saw this good message the other day, which was a very good reminder of that. it's called simplify, part 6 and is about forgiveness and resentment...<br />http://media.willowcreek.org/georgia b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15482885077943093475noreply@blogger.com