Labels
Marianne and I were watching a church service online a couple of weeks ago and they were talking about labels. How labels can hurt and ultimately destroy people. We have all been victims of being labelled to some degree of our lives and I’m sure most of us would admit that we have labelled others.
I have had many labels in my life…failure, abandonment, rejection, unworthiness, shame, being called stupid and even extreme ones like “I wished you never existed”. Unfortunately I had become much like these labels were saying. I had taken on the characteristics of these lies. I started to believe what I was labeled. I even labelled myself.
I have been and still am hated for the things I have done..I hate me for the things I have done. Betraying my wife and wounding her deeply. Lying to friends and family just so to make myself look good. I have hurt so many.
But here is the other side of that. My Father (God) did not create me for those labels..He didn’t create me to be in shame, or feel abandoned. He created me to be His…I am His..
He created you just the same..He loves you! It doesn’t matter what junk you carry or what sins you have done…HE LOVES YOU!!
Satan does not like to see anything work out that God has put together. He will try his very best to corrupt us, make us give into temptations, break up relationships and destroy marriages.
We must break the labels that destroy so many. We must fight back with GRACE. Grace is the higher road!
“Labels mutilate the identity of the person who dispenses and/or receives them. Labels lie. Don’t use them. Don’t accept them.” – POTSC. (http://www.potsc.com/)
I am reminded everyday of the shameful things I have done…everyday. I have hurt so many..caused so much damage.
To the ones I have hurt so deeply and have cut me off from their lives…I AM TRULY SORRY! I am sorry for the lies, the betrayal and for letting you down. I am sorry for hurting you in any way. Please let Grace wash over you and find a way to forgive me. Please forgive me so that no thing can take a stronghold in your life.
Life is a process. We’re all in this together!!
I am so thankful for God’s Grace!
Find freedom today!
Christopher
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