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FAR AWAY FROM GOD.

HEART

The Bible tells us about the brokenhearted. Brokenhearted people believe that they are far from the Lord, they think that the Lord has cast them out.

DAVID HAD A BROKEN HEART.

“My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear,” he says in Psalm 38:4.

PETER HAD A BROKEN HEART.

“Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: ‘Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.” – Matthew 26:75  (Read also Mark 14:72 and Luke 22:62)

When brokenhearted people believe that God is the furthest away, he is the nearest in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We read that in Psalm 34:18, where it says: “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”

Being brokenhearted brings us closer to God.

FORGIVEN

“Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.” – Corrie ten Boom

AT THE BEACH

Have you ever been encouraged to let go of negative thoughts? I have.

How can we do that?

Let me give you an example.

We have a saying in German and it goes like this:

“WAS DU NICHT WILLST DAS MAN DIR TU,

DAS FUEG AUCH KEINEM ANDERN ZU.”

First of all let me tell you that the proverb rhymes, and I think that is the reason why I remember the saying.

Here is the meaning in English very quick for those who do not know German: Don’t do to others, what you don’t want others do to you.

That encourages me to think about all the bad things people have done to me in the past. (Or have they done negative things to me in the past?)

Have you heard about the GOLDEN RULE?

We find the Golden Rule in the Bible in Matthew 7:12. There the Lord Jesus Christ says, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the  Law and the Prophets.”

That encourages me to think about all the good things I can do to others.

Let us encourage each other to let go of negative thoughts. Let us encourage each other to move away from negative cycles of thinking. Let us encourage each other to change the way we frame our negative thoughts.

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr