EXTENDING KINDNESS AND FORGIVENESS WITH BOUNDARIES

Leviticus 19:18 New King James Version
18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

GOOD EVENING IN YESHUA MY FRIENDS!!!
I know I've said this with other passages, but I can't help but say it with this particular one too. No matter how many times I read this particular passage of scripture concerning Jacob and Esau, I am reminded of not just what it means to forgive, but that forgiveness does not mean that you let someone walk all over you. That forgiveness can and must include boundaries! That we can extend kindness and mercy to someone, while still getting the justice that we are asking for.

I think that's why these questions from this morning's devotional are so particularly challenging to me, because I've never been shown kindness, that is until my husband Ricky. What I'd like to do right now, is share these questions with you tonight, and I pray that they will get you to thinking on what it means to extend kindness and forgiveness to someone that may be wronging you right now. Please read these questions carefully and allow God to speak to you through them.

When have you been met by kindness after acknowledging a wrong?

Tonight, my friends, I'd like to share some things that God has been showing me from His Word on this very issue throughout the years, through this vlog I'd like to share with all of you tonight, and I pray that what I share with you will encourage you to extend real kindness to those who have wronged you, but still maintain and enforce the boundaries that you have towards them. Come join me in this vlog tonight my friends and learn this precious truth for yourself! 😊

So, my friends, as I close this post with all of you tonight, I want to leave you with this final question from this morning's devotional, and I pray that it encourages you to want to extend kindness to someone who's wronged you.

How might you show kindness to someone else?

I pray tonight for all those who have a toxic family member, whether it's apparent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or anyone else in your family that acts entitled as well as narcissistic, that first and foremost you've gotten as far away from them as possible! I pray that you've been able to heal from whatever wounds they have inflicted on you, And that you are living the healthiest and most blessed life in Christ possible. Most of all, I pray that when and IF this person or persons ever choose to show genuine regret/remorse, that when given the opportunity, you will choose to show kindness over petty revenge. I'm not saying that you can't seek justice, if they've committed a crime against you, but I pray that you will choose to not go down to their level, while still maintaining your boundaries. 😊

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HAVE A TRULY TRANQUIL EVENING IN CHRIST JESUS!!!