Is it possible to live unoffended?
My prayer went something like this:โฃ
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๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด! ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด.โฃ
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Iโm not saying itโs always easy, but I now refuse to let offense take root in my life. To steal my peace, my joy, my freedom. I have resolved to do the heart work every time it rears its ugly head. Sometimes itโs quick and easy; other times itโs just plain hard.โฃ
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But one of the coolest things ever is to watch God shine a light on what the enemy was trying to do in secret. To expose the thing that was set there to trap you and take you out, but instead was worked into something that grew you, blessed you, and advanced you.โฃ
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Offense is such a trap. It makes you think your battle is with a person when itโs actually with the enemy. With our pride and point-proving, we walk right into the snare. And it may even feel good for a moment, like some sort of win, but thatโs really just part of the trap, too.โฃ
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Choosing not to retaliate, to forgive, to shake it off and intentionally walk in the opposite spirit, ultimately means my freedom, my prosperity, my abundance. And in that, I am making a way for generations behind me to receive the same. Every battle I win, every demon I send back to where he came from, is one less my kids will have to fight. And their kids behind them.โฃ
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The question is not whether I will have the opportunity to be offended or not, the question is what am I gonna do with it when it comes. I believe we can get to a place where we have chosen to rise higher so many times that we actually begin to live life unoffended.โฃ
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Sign me up.
