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Sleep On It

Be your best. Strive for greatness, no one can ever defeat you, just as long as you’ve done your job the best that you can do. People will doubt you, but prove them wrong. I was belittled, considered the “weak” one of the pack, but look at me now. Those words, those assumptions have only pushed me more. The more I was neglected, the more I became strong-willed & independent. Sometimes you just don’t have to give a shit at what people think and sometimes you do. Through the heartaches and heartbreaks, remember you’re still here, you still have purpose. Just keep giving love, and be selfless. If you have a high mentality, just be ready to fall off. There’s a difference between luck and destiny. If you keep working hard, results will show and you’re ready for destiny. That is timeless, luck runs out.

Peace and Blessings.

-Chelsea Jana

Forgiveness Talk - REC

*Disclaimer - I am not trying to shove down my religious views onto anyone else. I’m merely posting this because I believe that this can have some good information in light of Easter tomorrow. Everyone is entitled to their own views, opinions and perspectives as I respect theirs - if it’s in good taste and context that is. Have a Blessed Easter ya’ll! :D

PS - This talk was geared toward teenagers around 13-14 years old, the message is universal and applies to all ages I believe.

PSS - These are NOTES for a TALK not a formal essay. Some grammar mistakes, but they are my own notes so I understand them or I know what I meant.

Forgiveness Talk

We are CALLED to Forgive.

When God created us, he knew what he created. He created us knowing that people will persecute Him.

In the Lord’s prayer it says “Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.”

Through Jesus’ Actions we are called to Forgive

Defining Forgiveness

Forgiveness encompasses a lot of what you you’ve heard today for God’s love, to Prayer, the Sacramento of Reconciliation, Family Life. Forgiveness deals with all those topics.

When you think of forgiveness, you may think about the pain of the broken heart , heart feelings, abuse or betrayal.

Sometimes these negative emotions can get the best of us and it’s just hard to forgive, just the fact that someone you barely know or even when of you loved ones, did us “dirty” is just messed up.

“You broke my heart, that is messed up!”

As the ME Generation We Need to be ALERT of the social 

We now live in a world that social the media, the twitters, the instagrams and the Facebook that makes us most vulnerable to get hurt. You see it everyday that … “FML” “I hate you,

We also live in a world where we are quick to blame others and make excuses

Why you should forgive

As human’s we of course have human instincts, we are naturally selfish beings. Again, we are quick to blame others for our hardships

Forgiveness is letting go of your selfish desires

You may think like again, “dude you broke my heart, AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME TO FORGIVE!”

If God forgives us, why can’t we forgive others.  -> Jesus was ridiculed, beaten, executed he was crucified by Roman soldiers.

When Jesus rose he FORGAVE THEM.

God is love, God loves everyone, He forgives everyone.

If we deny to forgive someone, then we are denying God’s love.

Again, if God forgives us for our offenses while if we refuse to forgive those who offend us, then we are not in communion with God.

Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

If we put ourselves above God’s grace, if we choose not to forgive we’re putting ourselves above God’s, and if we’re saying “I’m God,” then it’s saying “I don’t know need you God” and if we do that we are denying God’s grace, he’s not going to force himself in our life.

In prayer we discover the evil of our sin, if we don’t pray we don’t experience God’s forgiveness.. Then we ourselves will not be able to forgive others.

Forgiveness is central to our spiritual growth. Again by not forgiving we are deny God’s love and hardening out heart. Literally and spiritually your heart will harden

Forgiving someone doesn’t mean pretending that no damage was done or ignoring the destruction. As we grow towards spiritual maturity, however, our emotional life will become more and more in synch with our spiritual life, and the best way to speed up this process is – in the arena of forgiveness – to pray for those who have offended us.

Misconceptions of Forgiveness

Forgiveness goes DEEPER that feelings.

There is a difference between the EMOTIONS and the DECISION TO FORGIVE

When forgiving others we sometimes struggle to forgive. As we are called to forgive, sometimes the emotion gets the best of us.

When making the decision to forgive, there can still be strong emotions lingering.

To help with those lingering emotions left over we should PRAY

We cannot forgive in our own strength. It is through the power of God’s love which can help with those emotions.

Catechism once again (#2843): “It is not in our power not to feel or to forget an offense; but the heart that offers itself to the Holy Spirit turns injury into compassion and purifies the memory in transforming the hurt into intercession.”

The more we pray for the persecutor then the more in tune our spiritual life

Forgiveness is not a one time deal

Be ready to forgive over and over again

Matthew 18: 21-22 NIV

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times? “Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

Forgiveness Takes Time

Remember forgiveness is a process. Sometimes it’s not always instaneous or sometimes it takes YEARS to forgive someone. That is why we cannot forgive on our own, through the power of God’s love we offer this pain up to him.

■ What hurts have been most challenging to forgive? Why? When has it been difficult for you to ask for or accept forgiveness? Why?

■ How does holding onto grudges lock you in the pain of the wrong done to you?

■ What will you do to work toward forgiving someone who has hurt you?