Don't Be MIG

 MIA; you have more than likely seen something with those letters on it. Many know what they stand for but some don’t. Those letters simply refer to those of our Military who went to war and never returned; Missing In Action. The number is is outrageous; 92,000 soldiers who more than likely gave their life so you and I could live in a free country and somewhere on this earth are their remains. There is a mother and Dad, brother and sister and other family members that has no idea what happen to their loved one. What about those MIG; those missing in grace! Have you ever been hurt? Sure you have. A few years ago I said something that hurt someone I thought a lot of; the strange thing about it was what I said was taken in a way that I didn't mean. The sad thing is I knew what I meant but the other person didn’t and never came to me. It ruined our friendship and it was years before I found out why our friendship ended; things are much better now but we will never be friends as we were  before. What happened? Missing in Grace! The Book of Hebrews tells us this                   Hebrews 12:15  Looking diligently (beware) lest any man fail (be in want) of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness (poison) springing up trouble (swell up)  you, and thereby many be defiled; (annoy)  Having Anger, bitterness or resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. If you're been wounded and hurt, that's no time to be missing the grace of God for that is when you need it the most. So how do you miss God's grace?  God's grace and our bitterness cannot coexist in the same heart. Either God's grace will push out our bitterness, or our bitterness will push out God's grace. You don't hold a grudge,a grudge holds you. It's like you can't stop thinking about the very person you wish you could forget. But a grudge shackles you to that person emotionally. The poison in your soul isn't hurting them, but it's killing you inside. It’s like a huge heavy backpack and we carry it everywhere we go. Those hard and bitter feelings well they end up causing trouble and defile many. That poison destroys relationships, friendships, marriages, children and churches. The good news is there is an antidote for that poison and its forgiving. 

Eph 4:32  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Get rid of all bitterness; be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just like Christ “HAS” forgiving you. That person who hurt you may not deserve to be forgiven, but then you didn't deserve God's forgiveness.Forgiveness is not pretend that there was nothing wrong; it’s releasing them completely to God. It’s making a decision that from this day on you will, with God's strength, base your treatment of them, not on how they treated you, but on how Jesus treated you! You've been the forgiven now you become the forgiver. Don’t be an MIG!