Scriptures Reading: 1 Corinthians 13:5-8
Key Scripture: “Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.” 1 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV)
Devotional Reading
One of the most dangerous things we can carry in a relationship is a record of wrongs.
We remember what they did.
Soon, we are no longer relating to the person as they are today. We are relating to a file of their past failures.
But love does not keep that kind of account.
You may remember what happened, but you choose not to reckon with it. That is forgiveness. It means refusing to make the wrong that has been forgiven the permanent definition of the person.
If someone genuinely repents and changes, allow them the privilege of being seen according to who they have become. Do not permanently label someone by who they used to be.
Whose past are you still using to define their present? Love says: Even when I remember what happened, I refuse to keep using it as a weapon.
Personal Reflection
- Who am I still defining by something they did in the past, even though they have genuinely changed?
Life Application
- Release any old offense you have continued to rehearse mentally. Consciously choose not to bring it up again as a weapon.
Prayer Points
- Lord, help me forgive as I have been forgiven and release the records of wrongs I have been keeping