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Monday morning marriage

Theft produces hardening...

11/6/2017

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In an earlier blog post in this series, regarding "hardening of our hearts", we shared this from our friends at Trueface...

"To resolve our sin issues we must begin trusting who God says we are. We cannot mature without the healing gifts of grace. "

Unresolved sin is like a thief who works in stealth mode. In Behind the Mask we read this truth.

"The three-phase chain reaction caused by unresolved sin takes away our ability to have intimate relationships. It makes us feel ashamed and lonely and robs us of the joy of showing our true face to the world. "

​Our response to sin (selfishness) happens without thought; we experience the emotions connected with guilt or hurt. Left undone (unresolved) our shame (sense of inadequacy, not measuring up) will be ignited.


Here are the results of unresolved sin if ignored or dismissed;

▪ We become highly sensitized to our sin and judge the sin of others.
▪ We lose our objectivity in a crisis and we become the issue.
▪ We hide our sinful behavior and become vul- nerable to more sin.

There are other toxic byproducts that can come from allowing shame to cause us to hide or ignore unresolved sin. They can also produce three other debilitating results:

▪ We are unable to be loved or to love.
▪ We become vulnerable to wrong life choices.
▪ We attempt to control others.

Ultimately, our spouses, our friends, even our children can sense our inability to move toward them with love. How pitifully tragic!

taken from Behind the Mask

So here in lies the soil for a hardened heart. The tragic thing is that a hardened heart is not able to receive or give love. In this condition, love dies which leads to divorce. It does not have to be this way. There is good news! We can resolve our sin (selfishness issues). We can choose the way of love and the One who first loved us. Let's talk about this next time.

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