LET NOBODY KNOW IT - PART 3

Hi again! Are you there? I’m glad you’re reading this second article. As I told you in the first one: God has heard your prayers and He wants to speak to you. Please do not read this part if you haven’t read first the part 1 and 2 at the following link: LET NOBODY KNOW IT - PART 1 and LET NOBODY KNOW IT - PART 2.

Let’s continue:

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32

This is the hard and painful part of the process but only if I tell you the truth you will be free: You have to forgive the person who abused you. I wish we could omit this painful part but it’s my assignment to tell you this.

But Luis, I hate him! I’ll never feel like forgiving him! It’s impossible!

Let me make this clear to you: You’ll never FEEL like forgiving this person. You have to DECIDE to forgive him. Hating this person won’t work as a revenge. Forgiving him will benefit you more than anyone else. Hating someone is like drinking poison yourself and expecting the other person to die.

Luis, you tell me this because it didn’t happen to you. You don’t have an idea of how much I hate this person.

You are right! I don’t know what it feels like. But let me tell you the testimony of someone who did: He was taken when he was with his friends. His body was cut. His face was deformed. They mocked him in a cruel way. He was hung from a cross completely naked and they killed him but before dying, he said to God:“Please forgive them because they don’t know what they are doing”. I’m taking about Jesus, the very same man who took your place at the cross. Forgiveness was in his mouth before dying because he wanted you to have that forgiveness in your heart too.

I am not asking you to look for that person! Just get alone with God and tell him: “Lord Jesus, forgive the person who abused me. As you have forgiven me, today I decide to forgive him even if I don’t feel like it. Please set me free”

I’m sure that if you did this prayer, you’ll feel that burden be taken away.

I would be irresponsible if I don’t tell you the following: You have to forgive to the person who abused you but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to notify the authorities if you are actually going through this situation.

For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

God loves justice. Do not be afraid. The authorities are God’s servants to bring punishment to those who do evil. You have to run to the authorities. If you are a minor, tell your parents and any other adult you can help you. If you are an adult, go to the authorities to report this situation.

What if this happened a long time ago? If you are someone who went through this situation years ago and the person who abused you is out of your life and doesn’t represent a threat for you, my advice is that you leave this behind, forgive this person and move forward to what is ahead in the future for you.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:13

I know these articles are just the beginning of what God wants to do with your life. I advise you to look for help with a man or woman of God that can help you walk in this new way of freedom. Go to the pastors of your church. If you are not attending to church, I recommend you to do it. You’ll find a new family, not a perfect family but a family in which you’ll find love. At the end, you have nothing to lose but a lot to win.

To finish I want to tell you that for those who love God even the bad things work for good. I’m not asking you to understand this but to believe it and embrace this promise. God will use your life; God will give you a wife if you are a man or a husband if you are a woman. A husband or wife that will not judge you but will see you pure as God sees you. I’m not asking you to understand this either but embrace this promise with every ounce of strength you have.

 

If you feel that sexual abuse pushed you to homosexuality or lesbianism, let me tell you that God has a better plan for your life: Yes, you will find true love in the opposite sex. If you are struggling with this, we recommend you the following series of articles in which God will speak to you about your sexuality like never before: THIS BODY AIN'T MINE - PART 1 , THIS BODY AIN'T MINE - PART 2 and THIS BODY AIN'T MINE - PART 3

Author: Luis Andrade

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