1. http://ilovethelord.com/Cyndy/index2.htm
(contents of the link is given below.
Forgiveness
Maybe you have made a really bad choice a long time ago
and maybe you did. And maybe you have hurt a lot of
people in your life and maybe you have, maybe you have
done some things that you would rather not talk about
and I am sure you have, but the thing is that God knows
all about them. That's the problem isn't it? How are you
ever going to be clean again? Those are the things that
you run from, those are the thoughts that run through
your head when you think about God. What torment you
must feel what condemnation and judgment must come
over you and how you must run from it run and run and
yet everywhere you run its still with you. So let me tell
you something. Something you have been waiting to hear
something that will set you free. Are you ready, it doesn't
really matter what you have done! You are saying what
do you mean it doesn't matter but I have done so many
things how can you say it doesn't matter? I am saying
that nothing you have done has been for any reason but
to bring you to this very moment in your life to this very
day. If you will, this can and will be your year of jubilee.
This can be the year you forgive yourself! Because you
see that's the problem, you see you need to forgive your
self. Not God forgiving you, because in his eyes there is
nothing to forgive, because he has only seen you as
perfect, he has never seen you in anyway except the way
he sees Jesus, and he sees Jesus as the perfect man. You
are the one who has to forgive not God. Gods work is
completed; it has been for two thousand years. Its for us
to catch up with God, we have to forgive. Has no one ever
told you about forgiveness? There are two parts to
forgiveness. We must FORGIVE and FORGET. I am sure
you have head those words before forgive and forget, but
what does that mean? Well this is how it works. When we
forgive we are GIVING something to the one that we

2. forgive (even ourselves), we give peace, understanding,
comfort, and even salvation. It comes out of us to them,
but that is not the end of it. And this is the beauty part,
because when we then forget that's when we GET
something in return and what we get is peace,
understanding, comfort, and even salvation, and that
comes from God. This is where the healing comes from
the healing of our mind and body and spirit. And the truth
of the matter is that if we don't forget then we have not
really forgiven and you know what the Lords prayer says
forgive me as I forgive others and others are yourselves
too. We have to do the complete work not just half. I
know you have said, oh I forgive that person, but can you
really forget what it was that they did? Don't you want
something out of this life? Don't you want your life to
have purpose? Look around you, no one ever forgets the
wrongs that people do to them, but that's what God asks
us to do. That's what jubilee is about not just forgiving
the wrong but forgetting it too. Don't you believe that
God forgave us when Jesus died? Yes he did and we
weren't even born yet but we were still in Jesus when he
died on the cross, and really the truth is that the only one
God ever had to forgive was Adam because he was the
one that sinned against God. And when Jesus died he died
for Adam, so then God could then forgive and forget, and
what did God get when he did this? Well he got the
perfect man. Someone that he could have communion
with on his level, he got a companion, a son. So as far as
God is concerned IT NEVER HAPPENED! So what God sees
when he looks at you and me is the perfect man, like
Adam was before the fall, only better because we have
experienced all that the world has to offer and we see
that it does not satisfy any thing inside of us. All we have
to do is go to God and tell him that we love him and that
we want all that he has for us, all the joy, all the peace
and understanding that a father should have for his
children. We don't have to be afraid any more that we are
not worthy to stand in the presence of God. So what do
you want to see? Do you want to see all of your mistakes,
or do you want to see what God sees when he looks at us.
All he sees is our beauty; all he sees is Jesus, the perfect

3. man. The enemy has tried so very hard to keep this
hidden. So that we would not know who we are and we
would not run to God in our times of trouble. But listen to
me, run to him don't run from him he is there waiting to
take you in his arms and love you through all that you
have to go through. Try it I promise it works, and know
that I have faith in your ability to forgive and forget.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
Take a minute and read this poem about
Christians
http://ilovethelord.com/Cyndy/Cyndy.htm - Contents Of THe Link
Christians - By
Maya Angelou

4. When I say... "I When I say... "I
am a Christian" am a Christian"
I'm not shouting I don't speak of
"I'm clean livin'." this with pride.
I'm whispering "I I'm confessing
was lost, that I stumble
Now I'm found and and need Christ to
forgiven." be my guide.
When I say... "I
When I say... "I
am a Christian"
am a Christian"
I'm not trying to
I'm not bragging
be strong.
of success.
I'm professing
I'm admitting I
that I'm weak
have failed
And need His
And need God to
strength to carry
clean my mess.
on.
When I say... "I When I say... "I
am a Christian" am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to I still feel the sting
be perfect, of pain.
My flaws are far I have my share of
too visible heartaches
But, God believes I So I call upon His
am worth it. name.
When I say... "I
am a Christian"
I'm not holier than
thou,
I'm just a simple
sinner
Who received
God's good grace,
somehow!
Share this with somebody who
already has this understanding, as

5. reinforcement. But more importantly,
share this with those who do not have
a clear understanding of what it
means to be a Christian, so that the
myth that Christians think they are
"perfect" or "better than others" can
be dispelled.
May your day be filled with many
blessings!!!