FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION “Use The Scissors” with CHARMAINE GOLDSMITH

FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION
“Use The Scissors”

As a mother of a nice size family beginning in the late 60’s through the early 80’s, I always wanted them to look their best. In order to have the best during those days, having the finances to do that sometimes were hard; so I decided to use my junior high school skills of making my cooking class apron and began to sew for my entire family. This turned into therapy for me as a working mother. I would cut out my patterns on Monday evenings after putting the children (all five of them) to bed and would sew on Tuesdays…sometimes into the wee hours of the morning. Holidays, school plays, special events became the catalyst for my skills improving to the point of my even making my husband clothes. Oh yes, my husband, my covering, my hunter, provider, lover and friend.

Now after mentioning all of the characteristics of my husband, through the years sometimes he seemed to be my worst enemy, disappointment and frustration. Years came and went with many events/situations causing those emotions to grow like cancer. After being married now for 37 years and in our mid 50’s, I now have learned the true reason why we must learn to forgive and forget in order for restoration with new beginnings to become demonstrated in our lives. First, we cannot have a true loving relationship with our dear Father God and definitely with that relationship lacking all others will suffer in suit. It is so important in our marriages/relationships to have good communication between each other and demonstrate the “power of agreement” (even if it is agreement to disagree). Many times in communicating it is worth tabling some issues and come back to it. If I had known what I know now in the gift of forgiving I could have avoided many health issues. If our mind is not the ‘mind of Christ” and our thinking is not “whatsoever is good, lovely, pure”...what are we thinking?

Now we as women, Christian women, God has graced us with many talents, skills and strength that men do not have. We function in our roles of wife, mother, sister, friend, church worker, career woman or an anointed stay at home Mom in our demonstrated gifts. Now I have learned the greatest thing we can demonstrate as a pre-requisite to forgiving and restoration is displaying the “Fruits of the Spirit”

Ladies…use the scissors of love and cut out the hurt, the pain, those snags, hanging threads of destruction and allow our Savior through the Holy Spirit to do His job of renewing our mind and leading us into all paths of truth with the name brand thread of “Behold I will Do a New Thing”.

Foundation scriptures: As much as lies within you be at peace with all men.
Love ye one another as I have loved you. How can you love God who you cannot see and yet you see your brother…how can two walk together unless they agree….how can you tell one person to take the beam out of their eye...when you have one yourself?

Standing on His promises…walking with my scissors