The Bible tells us: \u2018Isaac\u2019s servants dug\u2026 a well\u2026 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac\u2019s herdsmen, saying, \u201cThe water is ours.\u201d So\u2026 they dug another well, and they quarrelled over that one also… And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called it\u2026 Rehoboth, because he said, \u201cFor now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Genesis\u00a026:19\u201322\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n
What a great example of practising forgiveness. During a drought, Isaac dug wells and his enemies moved in and claimed them. It wasn\u2019t fair, but instead of retaliating, he moved on and dug new wells\u2014and God blessed him greatly. The truth is this: God will fill the emptiness in your life when you forgive those who have hurt you. Let\u2019s face it; as long as we share this planet with other imperfect human beings, they will hurt us. There is no way to avoid it. And when the hurt goes deep, it can be hard to forgive. <\/p>\n
Does that mean you should go around pretending that nothing is wrong, and denying how you feel? No, the first step towards healing is acknowledging your feelings. And Jesus gives us the second step: \u2018Pray for those who mistreat you.\u2019<\/i> (Luke\u00a06:28\u00a0NIV) When you do that, something unexpected happens. Your heart softens and you start to see the offender through God\u2019s eyes instead of your own raw emotions. \u2018But I don\u2019t want to forgive them!\u2019 you say. <\/p>\n
Then here is step three. Acknowledge your unwillingness to forgive and ask God to make<\/i> you willing. Pray, \u2018Take me back so that I may come back.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bible tells us: \u2018Isaac\u2019s servants dug\u2026 a well\u2026 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac\u2019s herdsmen, saying, \u201cThe water is ours.\u201d So\u2026 they dug another well, and they quarrelled over that one also… And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called it\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}