The old has gone, the new has come

Sunday, June 19, 2011

My mom asked each of us kiddos to write a letter of appreciation to my dad. Easy, right? Perhaps not. I spent 2 hours crying in the bathroom and blowing a nearly endless supply of snot into 1/2 a roll of toilet paper. I couldn't even explain to myself why I was crying. All I felt was brokenness. 23 years of hatred and hurt pouring out of my eyeballs. I didn't know what to do with it, so crying seemed like the best way to deal. So there I was sitting at my computer at 2am convinced I couldn't forgive him. I didn't know how to let it go. So all I could do was pray and plead with God to take it from me. And He did. And He reminded me that the Dad I see in front of me today, is not the same short-tempered, cold, heartless, unforgiving one I've grown up with all my life. This past year alone, me and Matt have witnessed a complete transformation in him. And all of the sudden, I'm in awe of our God's incredible grace and mercy. All of the sudden, I no longer have a reason to hold onto that hurt and anger. It's gone.

Eph 3:20-21 - Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Matt 19:26 - But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

2 Cor 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Eph 2:14 - For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility