All moms will agree that chicken soup is the "cure-all" for whatever ails you (if there's not TOO much wrong - chuckle!).

Forgiveness? Now that's another story - and here it is, straight from our family files, and a favorite of mine. It's funny, inspirational, and gives a sneak peek into forgiveness in the family of God. I thank God for my mom - and lessons like this I learned "at her knee."

Perhaps you've having a problem forgiving someone "in the family" today. What to do? Run to the Cross, reflect on His forgiveness for YOU, forgive your brother or sister in the Lord as Christ has forgiven you, and go in peace!

"Forgiveness Is Like Chicken Soup!?!"

--Copyright 2008 by Peggie C. Bohanon, Springfield, MO 65803.

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Today's prayer: "Lord, I've been hurt by someone in the family. It's hard to forgive, but I knee at Thy Cross this day to ask Your help. Please give me grace to "forgive those who have trespassed against me," just as You have done for me. I receive Your abundant grace - and I forgive - In Jesus' Name, Amen."

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The Sack of Potatoes

My teacher had each of us students get a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. Then for every person we'd refuse to forgive in our life, we had to take a potato, write on it the name of the person and the date, and put the spud in the plastic bag. Some of the bags, as you can imagine, very very heavy.

Then she told us to carry this bag full of the potatoes with us everywhere for one whole week. We had to keep it at our bedside every night, on the car seat when in the car, next to our desk at work, etc.

The hassle of lugging that bag around with us made it so clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually, and how we had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget, and keep leaving it in embarrassing places.

Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated into a nasty slime. That helped us appreciate the price we pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity!

Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person. While that's true, it clearly is also a gift for ourselves!

So the next time we decide we can't (won't) forgive someone, we can ask ourselves, "Isn't MY bag heavy enough?"

We can empty that sack out before it gets too heavy and slimy. Or better yet, we don't even have to start to put those potatoes into it. We can be willing to forgive in the same way that the Lord has forgiven us.

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