Does TIme Heal?

For those who read this blog and don't know: I no longer am employed at VLC. I am currently seeking employment. Prayers needed and much appreciated :-)

Anyways, today, someone said they have missed my blogging. I said 'thank you, I missed it too." They followed it up w/, "why has it been so long, you haven't blogged for 2 months?" My reply- "plain and simple, I didn't want to air our what we were going through." I had to keep it in my journal & not write publicly. So for those of you who read this regularly, sorry for the lapse of blogging.

Anyways, to the point of this blog: Some people says 'time heals everything.' I don't nessarilly agree w/ that statement.

In the past, I have held onto issues and hurts for years, time never healed it. Maybe I would forget about it from time to time, but until I really dealt w/ it, forgave and asked for forgiveness, it never really went away. Sadly, I know people that have held onto hurts or wrongs for 50+ years, just basically eating them alive. 

I personally pushed down issues, tried to forget through alcohol, and had held onto to family hurts for years, but then forgiveness, grace and mercy came into play and healed.

I think forgiveness, mercy and grace heals everything! Some things are never forgotten, BUT forgiven. I think if we forget everything and try to suppress the things we go through, the same situations and issues may arise in the future, equalling the same outcomes. Reasoning:  Because we have forgotten and suppressed those feeling & issues and not forgiven or asked for forgiveness.

Forgiveness, grace and mercy heals.

That's just my opinion. I don't think any of us can go wrong w/ forgiveness!

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-Peace