Today, Mother’s Day brings a mix of emotions. For many they are not welcome emotions. Guilt is a big one, both as a mom, as a woman who has aborted a child, and as a son or daughter.
Today I encourage you not to hide from the guilt, don’t try to bury it. If it is real guilt it is there to teach you and release you. If it is false guilt it needs to be seen as the lie that it is so that you can be free of it.
Our brain, as well as outside influences, often gives us false messages and lies. If we absorb these and adopt them as truth about ourselves without careful and prayerful examination we relinquish our power of choice.
Take your guilt to God. Tell Him what you are feeling and ask Him to show you what is true.
If the guilt is real and there are things that you need forgiveness for:
- Face them, own them and ask for forgiveness. First from God and then from those you hurt. Clean it up. I John 1:9 says if we confess our wrongdoings God will forgive us.
- Accept God’s forgiveness and forgive yourself.
- If others choose not to forgive you, or they choose to forgive you and not to have a relationship with you-love them, pray blessing on them and let them go.
- Refuse to accept the guilt anymore. When God frees you from it you are free.
If you are being accused wrongly, either by your thoughts or by others:
- Recognize the lie
- Declare what is true and choose to focus on that
- Choose peace and freedom
God alone is our judge. He alone knows our motives and has the right to hold us accountable. When you give this power to any other force you are allowing confusion and a diminishing of your true identity.
Your brain is yours. Only you have the power to control your thoughts. When you control them you control their impact. God calls us to peace.
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